Results 121-140 of 164 for waste management speaker:Alan Kelly

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Consultancy Contracts Data (14 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: The expenditure by my Department on consultancies during 2014 is set out in the following table: Consultant Purpose of Consultancy 2014 Expenditure Bid Management Services Professional services regarding procurement document. €2,583 Deloitte & Touche Expert Assistance in the Local Government Shared Services Programme. €66,036 Duncan Lawrence Environmental Ltd....

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: ...who use the public services. Such progress would not have been possible without strong co-operation between Irish Water and local authorities, which have decades of experience of providing water and wastewater services with great care and dedication. The 12-year service level agreements, now almost a year in existence, have proven to be a strong partnership between the local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Consultancy Contracts Data (18 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: ...on regeneration. Not intended for publication. 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 Tobin Consulting Engineers National Litter Pollution Monitoring...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (10 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: ...material is used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes to provide clinical information on both the function and structure of tissues and organs in the body and in the treatment of cancer. Waste may be produced during these procedures where minute traces of radioactive material contaminates gloves, tissue paper, syringes, glass vials or tissue samples removed from patients. This material...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 425 and 426 together. Local authorities have statutory responsibility, under section 33 of the Waste Management Act 1996, to collect, or arrange for the collection of, household waste within their functional areas. In recent years and following a transitional phase in some cases whereby local authorities continued to offer services in parallel with private...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: ...population is increasing; the economy is growing and the climate is changing. These realities bring new demands and challenges for the water system; realities that a single national utility is best equipped to manage. Ireland's water challenges are not unique. Water demand is rising; supply is becoming less secure in many jurisdictions and, by 2030, the world is expected to need 40%...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nuclear Plants (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: ..., outlining concerns about potential environmental impacts in Ireland and in the Irish Sea from the new-build programme. The key issues of concern include the UK’s assessments of effects on the environment, the management of radioactive waste, and the rationale underpinning the proposed justification decision for new nuclear facilities. Notwithstanding the assessment by the RPII...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 500 and 547 together. Under Section 33 o f the Waste Management Act 1996, a local authority is required to collect, or arrange for the collection of waste within its functional area . Almost all local authorities have now exited the waste collection market. Collection of waste by a private operatoris subject to compliance with applicable environmental and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: As part of the Producer Responsibility Initiative (PRI) Review, my Department published a report on waste tyres in November 2013, which concluded that the current system is not functioning as intended, with a lack of basic information, poor structure, poor environmental outcomes in the form of large stockpiles of waste tyres and somewhere between a quarter and a half of waste tyres...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Illegal Dumping (19 Nov 2014)

Alan Kelly: ...as Minister, is to provide the legislative and policy framework under which both local authority and EPA enforcement action against illegal dumping is initiated. Enforcement action against illegal waste activity is a matter for the local authorities and the Office of Environmental Enforcement (OEE) of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As Minister, I am specifically precluded under...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (19 Nov 2014)

Alan Kelly: ...consultation with the Water Services Transition Office and with Irish Water, indicates that, nationally, there may be approximately 800 residential developments with developer-provided stand-alone wastewater treatment plants and/or water treatment systems that are not connected to the public networks. However, it should be noted that this is an estimate only and I am unable to provide a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (13 Nov 2014)

Alan Kelly: Charges applied by waste management companies are a matter between those companies and their customers, subject to compliance with all applicable environmental and other relevant legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (11 Nov 2014)

Alan Kelly: As part of the Producer Responsibility Initiative (PRI) Review, my Department published a report on waste tyres in November 2013, which concluded that the current system is not functioning as intended, with a lack of basic information, poor structure, poor environmental outcomes in the form of large stockpiles of waste tyres and somewhere between 24% - 50% of waste tyres unaccounted for. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (11 Nov 2014)

Alan Kelly: Issues concerning the enforcement of waste management legislation are a matter for the appropriate regulatory authority and should therefore be pursued with the Environmental Protection Agency or the relevant local authority, as appropriate. Under section 60(3) of the Waste Management Act 1996, as Minister, I am precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to the performance by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (6 Nov 2014)

Alan Kelly: ...the Service Level Agreements (SLAs) put in place between Irish Water and local authorities which garner the knowledge and expertise of local authority staff combined with the network and utility management experience available to Irish Water, to provide for a more consistent and efficient service for customers. Since its establishment, Irish Water has implemented key systems to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Asbestos Remediation Programme (4 Nov 2014)

Alan Kelly: ...Work (Exposure to Asbestos) Regulations 2006, which are enforced by the Health and Safety Authority, which comes under the remit of the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Insofar as the management of asbestosas a waste is concerned, the Waste Management Acts 1996-2013 prohibit any person from holding, transporting, recovering or disposing of waste in a manner which causes or is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (4 Nov 2014)

Alan Kelly: As part of the Producer Responsibility Initiative (PRI) Review, my Department published a report on waste tyres in November 2013, which concluded that the current system is not functioning as intended , with a lack of basic information, poor structure, poor environmental outcomes in the form of large stockpiles of waste tyres and somewhere between 24% - 50% of waste tyres unaccounted for. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (4 Nov 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department published a consultation document on the regulation of household waste collection on 28 November 2013 to guide the development of a new regulatory regime to strengthen and improve the regulation of household waste collection. Over 90 submissions were received from across a wide spectrum, including the waste industry, public bodies, public representatives and the general public....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (4 Nov 2014)

Alan Kelly: The charges applied by waste management companies are a matter between those companies and their customers, subject to compliance with all applicable environmental and other relevant legislation. However, it is important to note that the provision of a segregated collection service through a green bin is not “free” - even where a waste collector decides not to charge customers...

Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: ...supply and has established a relationship with this new, national utility that is based on customer service, reliability and good communications. It is a vision for an adequately funded water and wastewater system in which the necessary funding is obtained to upgrade public water supplies, have low leakage levels and adequate levels of waste water treatment to keep our rivers, lakes and...