Results 41-60 of 179 for waste management speaker:Simon Coveney

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal Charges (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: The waste management industry has committed to providing a full weight allowance for the disposal of non-infancy incontinence wear to the estimated 60,000 patients supplied with such products by the HSE if a pay by weight per kilogramme charging system is introduced for household waste collection. For its part, the Government is prepared to allow a 50% exemption from the landfill levy in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (12 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...developments on the foreshore; projects in ports and harbours (excluding designated fishery harbour centres); marinas, jetties, slipways, rock armouring etc. and outfall pipes from municipal waste water treatment plants. Foreshore consent can only be granted by my Department, if it is in the public interest. At present, the processing of a foreshore consent application includes the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal Charges (7 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: Pay-by-weight charging has the potential to radically change our thinking and behaviour in relation to waste and has been shown to drive waste prevention and better segregation, and indeed ultimately lower costs for many households who manage their waste more efficiently. This type of charging system: - is in accordance with the polluter pays principle, and will ensure a more environmentally...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Tyre Disposal (7 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: We have a serious problem with waste tyres in Ireland. In discussions prior to the adoption of the 2007 Tyre Regulations, it was made clear that this was the last opportunity for the tyre industry to embrace environmental compliance and take responsibility for the waste it produces. If the required improvement did not happen, it was made clear to the tyre industry that the system would be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Reports (7 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: .... This was a report intended to provide assistance to Local Authorities in drawing up proposals for the regeneration of their areas. €12,300 2011 Indecon Regulatory Impact Analysis of proposed regulations for household food waste. Published June 2012. €24,725 2011 Malachy Walsh & Partners EIS Screening Report for site at Valentia. The report is not...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Recycling Policy (6 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: There is a serious problem with waste tyres in Ireland. In discussions prior to the adoption of the 2007 Tyre Regulations, it was made clear that this was the last opportunity for the tyre industry to embrace environmental compliance and take responsibility for the waste it produces. If the required improvement did not happen, it was made clear to the tyre industry that the system would be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Recycling Policy (5 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...was to assess the nature and level of the challenges which are currently facing the existing Producer Responsibility Agreements, as well as the forthcoming challenges that are expected to arise in the management of various waste streams. My Department also completed a consultation process with stakeholders on this issue. As part of this review, my Department sought a wider examination of...

Seanad: Waste Disposal Charges: Statements (30 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I did not expect to be back in the House discussing waste collection matters so soon but I am happy to hear people's views, share details on what I understand is happening and outline plans to address some of the issues. In an open market, it is a matter for waste collectors to set charges at the level they consider to be competitive and in compliance with the requirements of environmental...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...over a phased period. Every now and again I, as Minister, sign off on a next phase of transfers. Clearly, Irish Water cannot take everything in one go, but as capacity builds we transfer the management of water assets from local authority management to Irish Water, which is the whole purpose of trying to switch to a single utility water model to try to create economies of scale, of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Inspections (29 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: While issues concerning the enforcement of waste legislation are a matter for local authorities who have significant powers under the waste regulations to secure compliance by waste collectors, my Department has introduced a number of measures to strengthen efforts to improve enforcement generally. Waste Enforcement Regional Lead Authorities (WERLAs) have been established in each of the three...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal Charges (29 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I have engaged actively and intensively with representatives of the waste industry and have agreed a clear way forward that results in customers paying no more than their current rate for presenting the same amount of waste over the next 12 months - by means of a price freeze to end-June 2017. Under the agreement reached with the waste industry, customers will from 1 January 2017be able to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (29 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Waste collection in Ireland is subject to compliance with applicable environmental and other relevant legislation, primarily the Waste Management Act 1996, as amended, and conditions attached to each waste collector’s collection permit under the Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations 2007, as amended. Waste collection in individual local authority areas may also be subject...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Responsibility for environmental functions in relation to waste and resource efficiency, including waste management, regulation of waste collection companies and regulation of recycling facilities, will transfer to the Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources. That Department will be renamed as the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment following...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 to 172, inclusive, together. In an open market, it is a matter for a waste collector to set charges at the level they consider to be competitive, in compliance with the requirements of environmental and other applicable legislation. However, since the waste industry began releasing its planned pricing plans in relation to the nationwide roll-out of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 174 and 179 together. Waste Enforcement Regional Lead Authorities (WERLAs) have been established in each of the three existing waste regions, with responsibility for coordinating waste enforcement actions and ensuring consistent enforcement of waste legislation while still leaving local authority personnel as first responders on the ground to specific...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 175, 177, 178 and 183 together. A Study of Pay-by-use Systems for Maximising Waste Reduction Behaviour in Ireland, published in 2011, estimated that: - 46% of households used differential bin-based charges (a flat fee), - 34% used tag-based charges (either pay-by-lift or tags), and - 20% used weight - based charges . While the Study does not break down...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Altering the structure of household waste collection market was the subject of a public consultation exercise back in 2011. A comprehensive Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) from 2012 also considered options regarding the organisation of the household waste collection market and is available on my Department’s website at the following weblink: .The RIA recognised that there were some...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal Charges (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 190 and 192 together. Under the Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations 2007, as amended, there has been a requirement since 1 July 2015 for collectors to weigh household waste collected at kerbside, using approved weighing instruments and to make this information available to the householder. The same refuse collection vehicles are often used...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Under the Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations 2007, as amended, the collection of bags is being phased out from 1 July, 2016. Local authorities have been requested to designate areas as not being suitable for wheelie bin collections (i.e. designate areas which should remain on bag collections) in advance of the deadline. In brief, the criteria they have been asked to use in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal Charges (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I engaged actively and intensively with representatives of the waste industry in recent weeks and I have agreed a clear way forward that results in customers paying no more than they’re currently paying for waste over the next 12 months - by means of a price freeze to end-June 2017. The private waste company to which the Deputy refers is a member of a representative body which was...