Results 1-20 of 31 for waste management speaker:Damien English

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (27 Oct 2022)

Damien English: Ireland operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The system is vacancy led and designed to accommodate the arrival of non-EEA nationals to fill skills and labour gaps for the benefit of our economy, in the short to medium term, and is managed through the operation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Cost of Living Issues (15 Sep 2022)

Damien English: ...0.06% € 390,465 0.06% REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES 34 0.35% € 4,708,955 0.67% TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE 491 4.99% € 29,990,359 4.25% WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES 25 0.25% € 3,387,006 ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Investigations (17 Jun 2021)

Damien English: ...results on the next assessments. I believe the programme for Government sets out a path to achieve that, as referenced earlier. Building on the work during the current plan, the new river basin management plan will describe the main pressures and activities affecting water status, set out the environmental objectives to be achieved over the period 2022-27 and identify the measures...

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Dec 2020)

Damien English: ...concerns regarding the specific acquiring of Covid-19 infections in the workplace, the fact is that the workplace is not isolated from wider society. Covid-19 is primarily a public health matter and the management of it, including the reporting of it and the response to it across all sectors of society, must be led by public health authorities. Accordingly, Covid-19 infections are, in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (16 Jun 2020)

Damien English: ...and flexibility in the overall housing mix. The Guidelines define ‘Build-To-Rent’ as “Purpose-built residential accommodation and associated amenities built specifically for long-term rental that is managed and serviced in an institutional manner by an institutional landlord.”  The Guidelines as drafted, envisage BTR as a commercial undertaking, to which...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Damien English: ...our economy, our country and our development, as well as setting this country on a strong footing for many years ahead. What the Government and the Dáil are involved in is the sustainable management of our country, economy, society and communities to ensure we are dealing with all the issues before us. One of the most important is climate change, climate action and adapting to that....

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2019)

Damien English: ...the direction and guidance of local authorities, along with our Department, on many sites. They are an addition to the system and have proved effective in many cases, certainly when it comes to managing their housing stock and tenants. We can work with them and learn from them but they are not a threat to local authorities. I know that some councillors feel they have less power in this...

Seanad: Housing for Elderly People: Motion (30 Jan 2019)

Damien English: ...plans on paper. I have seen plenty of plans during the years. The Senator tried to identify the plans that had worked and those that had not. Putting together a plan that will not be used is a waste of people's time. I am glad that the Senator recognised the Action Plan for Jobs as a plan that had worked. It took a whole-of-government approach backed by all members of the Government...

Climate Change: Statements (6 Dec 2018)

Damien English: ...is woven through the NPF and the NDP. Shared outcomes reflected in both documents that are fundamentally supportive of climate action include compact growth, sustainable mobility and sustainable management of waste, water and other environmental resources. All of these include significant elements of policy that provide a strong platform for the development of measures and actions in...

Plastic and Packaging Pollution: Statements (19 Apr 2018)

Damien English: ...and other member states to achieve the ambitions set out in the first ever Europe-wide strategy for plastics, particularly marine litter. We are liaising and co-operating very closely with waste and litter policyholders in the Minister, Deputy Denis Naughten’s Department to develop a co-ordinated and integrated response to the strategy. I welcome the proposals outlined in the...

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Damien English: .... Clearly, these figures cannot be relied upon as they have methodological weaknesses. The Department's summary process, which involves all local authorities working together with the Local Government Management Agency, LGMA, to a common set of rules, delivers the most accurate and up-to-date count of those households most in need of social housing support across the country. I am...

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jan 2017)

Damien English: ...invested in renewables; - there are significant opportunities in ISIF's potential investment pipeline; - to date, the fund's renewable energy investments include:- €44 million for the €500 million Dublin waste to energy project which will assist Ireland meet EU waste targets and the waste processed will be utilised for energy recovery and development of a district heating...

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Damien English: All countries, including Ireland, need to act sustainably in managing, protecting and providing this fundamental natural resource. We all agree on that. We need to be fully cognisant of these challenges as part of the debate on future water services funding. This is why we need to focus the debate purely on water in the months ahead and not people's own personal agendas. Behind the concept...

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Damien English: ...water. This is not water that falls from the sky or comes from elsewhere but rather treated water that costs the guts of €1 billion a year to treat and pump to everyone's house. This is also about waste water and sewage, treatment of which incurs a high cost. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae referred to people living in rural Ireland. They face high costs in terms of installing wells,...

Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management (19 Jul 2016)

Damien English: ..., is not here himself to take the debate. He was hoping to be back in time to take it. It is true that earlier this month the Minister, Deputy Coveney, secured an agreement with all major waste collection companies to freeze charges in order that customers would pay no more than they currently pay for waste collection over the next 12 months for the same level of service. While...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Alleviation (10 Dec 2015)

Damien English: ...money will be spent on flood remediation in the next five years than was spent in the past 20 years. The issue is to ensure this money is spent as quickly and effectively as possible and none of it is wasted unnecessarily on red tape. Many changes are coming on-stream from a European perspective in the sense that we are seeking to reduce regulation. The Deputy is correct, however,...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015)

Damien English: ...take the wrong course. We can see it at all levels of education. For some reason, an applicant might end up on the wrong course, or a course that does not suit him or her, and that is a waste of time and also a loss to the State. The aim is to correct that. It also recognises that there is a significant need for the service, and a demand. It is to ensure that we can best manage our...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (30 Apr 2014)

Damien English: 492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to waste management targets, if he is satisfied that progress is being achieved on the reduction of waste production and on the elimination of illegal disposal of waste in unauthorised sites around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19508/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (30 Apr 2014)

Damien English: 495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with respect to construction demolition and waste management policy, his views on introducing a target of using 50% minimum recycled materials for the construction of local authority-social housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19511/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (30 Apr 2014)

Damien English: .... To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the supports available to the construction industry to opt for a more recycled approach in terms of construction demolition and waste management that is good for the environment and meets current legislation requirements and is more financially viable to the companies in question; and if he will make a statement on the...