Results 41-60 of 65 for waste management speaker:Eoghan Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (29 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...and Supply Arrangement in support of the minority Government has confirmed the retention of Irish Water as a single national utility in public ownership, responsible for the delivery of water and waste water services.  Since 2013, working through Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with the local authorities, Irish Water has made significant progress in establishing the utility...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...deliberative process, comprising public meetings and detailed submissions from a range of public bodies and organisations, involved a welcome discussion on the many deficiencies in our public water and wastewater system, including: the reliance of 736,000 people on public water supplies in need of remedial action; the discharge of raw sewage directly into local waters in over 40 urban...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Staff (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...The Confidence and Supply Arrangement in support of the minority Government has confirmed the retention of Irish Water as a single national utility in public ownership, responsible for the delivery of water and waste water services.  Since 2013, working through Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with the local authorities, Irish Water has made significant progress in...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...process, which comprised public meetings and detailed submissions from a range of public bodies and organisations, involved a welcome discussion about the many deficiencies with our public water and wastewater system, such as the reliance of 736,000 people on public water supplies in need of remedial action; the discharge of raw sewage directly into local waters at some 42 urban areas at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Provision (26 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...and Supply Arrangement in support of the minority Government has confirmed the retention of Irish Water as a single national utility in public ownership responsible for the delivery of water and waste water services. Since 2013, working through Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with the Local Authorities, Irish Water has made significant progress in establishing the utility capability,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...and Supply Arrangement in support of the minority Government has confirmed the retention of Irish Water as a single national utility in public ownership responsible for the delivery of water and waste water services. Since 2013, working through Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with the Local Authorities, Irish Water has made significant progress in establishing the utility...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ....  The overall aim of the Directive is to maintain high and good status waters where they exist and to restore waters that do not currently adequately support aquatic ecosystems.  River basin management planning, structured in six-year cycles, is the tool prescribed by the Directive for achieving these aims. As part of the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Data (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...annual capital investment by my Department on water services from 2000 to 2013 is outlined in the following table.  This represents the expenditure by the Department on the provision of water and waste water infrastructure through the Water Services Investment Programme (WSIP) and the Rural Water Programme (RWP).  The Department only funded the component of infrastructure...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Services Infrastructure (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...Act also provides that when preparing the WSSP Irish Water must ensure, as far as practicable, that it is consistent with the National Spatial Strategy, regional planning guidelines and river basin management plans. The WSSP must also have regard to proper planning and sustainable development, housing strategies, special amenity orders, strategic development zones, water quality...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: EU Legislation (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ... 2016) None Nil Department has met with and is in correspondence with the Commission in relation to plans to address this infringement. Failure to correctly apply Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste water Case referred to ECJ (Feb 2017) None Nil Department is working with Irish Water and the EPA on a plan to achieve compliance. Failure to submit 2nd cycle River Basin...

Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: ...local authority, there might be more buy-in from businesses into what councils are trying to do and the need to pay rates. Many business owners wonder - given the different charges they face, from waste collection to water charges, and the permits for which they pay - where the rates they pay on top of that go. Rates are an importance source of funding for local authorities, but we...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: ..., because the Government has made many tough decisions, which I have supported, in a short period. We have seen how the difficulties arising from this bad decision and the refusal by the Economic Management Council to listen to others for a period of more than eight months have disrupted the work Deputies are trying to do and worn the patience of people outside the House. The Dáil...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: What does Mr. McCarthy say to the city manager when he says the rationale for the project remains? The rationale originally was that Dublin City Council would control all waste in the Dublin region. However, a court ruled that could not happen. What does Mr. McCarthy say when he has an engagement like that with the city manager?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: ...the powers have not been provided to allow councillors to use the information to properly hold their local authorities to account. There is a local government audit report which states financial management of the project has been weak, financial control procedures in place were not adequate and the project executive board did not meet on a formal basis and, therefore, no minutes of...

Roads Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: ...in merging agencies like these but projects are still being implemented. We are seeing that now in Dublin city, as Deputies coming to Leinster House will have noticed the changed traffic management plan around St. Stephen's Green, Dawson Street and Kildare Street and how there is an impact on the area. It is an excellent project and the Minister is absolutely correct in proceeding with...

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: ...to represent them in their local areas but once people are elected they often do not have the necessary powers to deal appropriately with local issues. This is evident in cases where an executive manager takes on many of the functions that one would expect a councillor to have. Councillors, therefore, are not able to act accordingly on behalf of citizens. That is what I mean by having a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (12 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 270. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current number and identity of approved Producer Responsibility Initiatives under the Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations 2007, S.I. No 798 of 2007; the date such approval commenced; the date and term of any extensions to the schemes; the process which was undertaken for the approval of such schemes; and if such...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (12 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: ...the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current number and identity of applications to his Department for approval to operate a Producer Responsibility Initiative under the Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations 2007, S.I. No 798 of 2007; the process which will be undertaken in such an approval process; and if such approval is contingent upon or will be delayed...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: ...the form of centrally provided funds to local authorities. Further funding will be committed in the form of the new charges to be levied on taxpayers. Ms Tallon mentioned that she met the city manager on Tuesday. He has given his response on pages 21 and 22 of the audit report to the issues raised. To be fair to the Dublin City Council manager, he is not present to answer, but I wish...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: ...with the audit report and the issue of client representative costs, we received correspondence from the Department on 30 May 2012 which included a breakdown of costs incurred on the Poolbeg waste energy project. It went into some detail with regard to the costs and we discussed it at the time. I stated it raised more questions than it answered. I am sure Ms Tallon saw the correspondence...