Results 1-20 of 46 for waste management speaker:Micheál Martin

Written Answers — Department of Defence: National Cultural Institutions (5 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...method gives certainty on the ultimate destination of the vessels and deals with them finally in an environmental manner in line with Government and EU policy. EU Regulations set out a framework regulating ship recycling and associated waste. These rules lay down requirements for ships and recycling facilities to ensure that ship recycling takes place in an environmentally safe and...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...and the tenth consecutive year in which the overall allocation to ODA has increased. This is estimated at 0.36% of the gross national income. In 2024, slightly more than 38% of total ODA is allocated to the Department of Foreign Affairs, to be managed through Vote 27, or 54% if Ukraine first-year refugee costs are excluded. The remainder is managed by other Departments and includes...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Micheál Martin: ..., or 18%, on the 2022 initial allocation. This is the highest level ever and the ninth consecutive year in which the overall allocation to ODA has increased. In 2023, just over 58% of total ODA is allocated to the Department to be managed through this Vote. The remainder is managed by other Departments, including Ireland's contribution to the EU's development budget. I should add that...

Address by H.E. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (1 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...crisis, you have maintained a strong focus on accelerating the green transition, through initiatives such as REPowerEU, as the only viable long-term solution. The war has only reinforced the need to step up investments in energy infrastructure, including interconnections, and in innovative renewable technologies to enhance our energy security and to meet our climate ambitions. There is...

Seanad: Comhshuí de Dháil Éireann agus de Sheanad Éireann - Joint Sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas - Address by H.E. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (1 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...crisis, you have maintained a strong focus on accelerating the green transition, through initiatives such as REPowerEU, as the only viable long-term solution. The war has only reinforced the need to step up investments in energy infrastructure, including interconnections, and in innovative renewable technologies to enhance our energy security and to meet our climate ambitions. There is...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...on time or delayed, and the reasons for any such delays. The unit also supports the work of the Department's green committee established in 2019 to implement a range of actions to improve the management of energy, water, material and waste resources within the Department.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (1 Jun 2021)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, together. My Department's 2021 resource efficiency action plan sets out a range of actions to improve the management of energy, water, material and waste resources within the Department and to increase sustainability awareness among staff. It also includes levels of energy and water usage and waste produced by the Department so that...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Energy Usage (19 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: My Department’s 2021 Resource Efficiency Action Plan sets out a range of actions to improve the management of energy, water, material and waste resources within the Department and to increase sustainability awareness among staff. It also includes levels of energy and water usage and waste produced by the Department so that improvements can be tracked and measured following...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...on summary conviction and-or imprisonment for up to 12 months, with a maximum fine of €15 million in the Circuit Court on conviction on indictment or imprisonment for up to ten years. Ireland's waste action plan for a circular economy, published in September of last year, commits the Government to implementing a range of measures, including to tackle the problem of illegal...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)

Micheál Martin: I have taken a personal interest in the Marine Planning and Development Management Bill. I have been working with the Minister concerned and the Attorney General to get that complex legislation, which has been around for a bit, published and on the Statute Book because it is central to realising the economic potential of our seas and so forth. The Deputy is correct that the State will...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...and our pristine landscape and there should be zero tolerance for that type of behaviour. The fines are quite significant for those found to be responsible for the unauthorised disposal of waste. There is a maximum fine of €5,000 on summary conviction and-or imprisonment for up to 12 months, with a maximum fine of €15 million in the Circuit Court on conviction on indictment...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (15 Jul 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...and it is my view that this should continue to be case. However, in addition to current sources, President Michel is proposing a new own resource starting in 2021, based on the weight of non-recycled plastic packaging waste. I have signalled that this is something I can support. However, I remain to be convinced about other proposals in the new negotiating box, including one based on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...reply. In recent weeks, there have been quite a few stories about the impact of personnel shortages on key services. The failure to hire, and critically to retain, key people has led to a serious waste of public resources and is contributing to rising budgets. The most obvious example of this can be found in the health sector, where basic planning and cost controls are much harder when...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I am informed by the parents of children with muscle-wasting conditions such as spinal muscular atrophy that the HSE leadership management team will meet on 14 February and, it is hoped, come to a final decision regarding the orphan drug Spinraza. It is a very difficult situation for the parents concerned. As the Taoiseach is aware, approximately 20 European countries have approved the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: .... It points to a failure in recent years to have a more structured and comprehensive approach to patronage and ownership in an era where religious groups no longer have the capacity to effectively manage institutions. Years were wasted on an adversarial approach where arbitrary targets were announced. Progress basically dried up as we know, particularly in education. We had all the...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: I am quite disappointed with the Taoiseach's response and the pettiness of it in terms of pointing out the make-up of a council. The Taoiseach will be aware that waste management is exclusively an executive function. The Taoiseach implies a certain complacency, stating that we have come a long way. I do not believe we have. In some respects we might have but watching last night, the...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: ...done by this criminality. The programme makers deserve great credit for their work. They revealed a darker and more dangerous aspect of the Wild Atlantic Way. A fragmented and ineffective national waste enforcement regime was laid bare, in particular in the west. We saw issues in Clifden, Tuam, Bray and Moville, County Donegal and much more. Appalling stories were told about the...

European Council Meeting: Statements (28 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: ...to go until we reach Brexit day, there has been a significant edging towards some clarity on how the UK will exit and the likely long-term relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union. An enormous amount of time has been wasted waiting for the United Kingdom to accept that it is in no position to dictate the terms of a departure for which it alone is responsible. ...

European Council: Statements (21 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: ...to the fact that in order to continue to have access to the Single Market and customs union during this period, it must respect the rules of the Single Market and customs union. Rarely before has so much time and energy been wasted on getting a government to acknowledge the blindingly obvious. In the text released on Monday, there remain major gaps where there is no substantive agreement...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: ...will see if Deputy Varadkar is willing to make the changes necessary to be successful. There will come a point when the soft coverage ends and the accountability begins. The tactical obsession with managing headlines can only work for a while. It has already been indicated that a raft of initiatives such as the new infrastructure plan had been held up in order that they can be branded...