Results 1-20 of 50 for waste management speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...of how we educate, inform and bring about change. I have been in the House for more than 20 years. The biggest change in our thinking that I can recall was in respect of how we dealt with our waste. I can recall, as I am sure Deputy Nash will, that when the then Drogheda Corporation decided to change the waste management system in our town, thousands of people marched on the streets....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (5 May 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...growth centre could benefit in full as the other town, Dundalk, rightly and properly does from transport, active travel, civic buildings analysis, green spaces, biodiverse land use, air quality, waste management and all the other issues?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Water (5 May 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I wish to bring to the Minister of State's attention that Irish Water is failing in its duty of care on the management of its assets in Drogheda in County Louth and that for the first time ever, the EPA has issued an instruction to Irish Water that if it does not manage its resources properly, it will be prosecuted. There is a stench emanating from the waste water treatment plant. One of...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...when somebody comes into my office, on the reverse of the form that he or she fills in, we put in the data protection notifications and ask him or her to sign and date it. That is useful because it protects the individual, the data received and it is also useful for records management that everything is clear and transparent. The record includes who came in, what was said, what was done,...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...email Irish Water, as I often do, there is a very good phone service and it will reply to me. The situation with the contractors is very poor and is not acceptable. There was to be an accountable manager, an individual in each county who people could ring and who would come back to them on all those issues. That has not happened and it needs to happen now. While I want to compliment...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...have been delivered to me of Irish Water taking any action at all or knowing anything about this. We then find, thankfully, that at 11 a.m. on 24 July - five days into the incident - an incident management team was set up. Irish Water is guilty of not being effective, not doing the job it was set up to do and not being aware or involved in this regard. While up to 60,000 people were...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal Charges (5 Jul 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 278. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that users of the tag on the bag system of waste management who are not weekly users will not be required to pay a service charge along with the tag lift charge under new regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19781/16]

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

Fergus O'Dowd: ...have been in the second phase of metering. Those are houses built during the 1950s or whenever it was. What is the position there? Will the metering programme continue anyway? My final question relates to waste management, which is part of this section as well. I raised an issue with the Minister last week about tagging bins. I do not know whether there is an update on that. If...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...must grapple and understand and this legislation will help to fight that battle for us. This legislation introduces many other measures. I am concerned about the provision on breaches of the waste management Acts. In terms of departmental policy on waste management, we must ensure we recover as much as we can by way of recycling and the re-use of waste. Irish people have been...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: .... I was not silent on that point and made clear my strong view that we needed to show credibility on the issue of water wastage. In County Roscommon, for example, more than 60% of water was being wasted, while in County Kerry the figure was more than 50%. We needed to acquire credibility by fixing the pipes before installing meters. This would allow us to make the case that, having...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Fifth Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...an extra arm dealing with radiological issues. There is clarity on membership of its board and its responsibilities. The EPA is responsible for other issues such as monitoring drinking water, waste management, water quality and emergency response protocols. It is right that the EPA should deal with radiological issues because it will then have a comprehensive, overarching capacity to...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: Amendment No. 47 allows the NTMA to use the personal public service number, PPSN, for the purpose of managing the Government's retail personal savings products, which are marketed under the State savings brand and which are part of Exchequer borrowing. It arises from a request by the NTMA to be allowed to collect and use a customer's PPSN and to use the associated public service card for the...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...members may not necessarily be aware that the two organisations, the EPA and the RPII, are already working together on the monitoring of drinking water. They are also already working together on waste management, including radioactive waste; water quality; and emergency response protocols. These functions, that they jointly do as two separate organisations, can now be carried out more...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (12 Jun 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...as drafting the requisite enabling legislation, extensive preparations and structures have been put in place to ensure a smooth and efficient merger process. These structures include a project management group and a project working group, comprising representatives of both organisations and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. Both groups have met on a...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: .... In the competitive market for inward investment, we would be well placed as one of the top countries, not only in Europe but in the world, for investment where high water intensive industries are being established. By 2030, our river basin management plans will have been reviewed a further three times and the quality of our water bodies will have to have improved. Environmental and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: I published A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland in July 2012. The publication of the policy confirmed the retention of side by side competition in the household waste collection market and also brought much needed policy certainty to the waste sector, particularly in terms of facilitating planning and investment decisions. The policy further sets out a range of...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...establishment of an independent economic regulator for water services, a function being assigned to the Commission for Energy Regulation. Our water resources are a very significant national asset and there have been significant improvements in the quality and the capacity of our water and waste-water infrastructure over the last decade. This has been achieved on foot of substantial...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: ..., these provisions would have had to have been introduced. The Bill is about ensuring we have potable water and the most efficient method for distributing it and eliminating the appalling waste of 40% of our supplies. It is also about addressing health issues like that of cryptosporidium in Galway and boil notices, of which there were under 200 last year nationally. It is about health,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nuclear Plants (4 Dec 2012)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...Sellafield Site was established, with the cooperation of UK authorities. Through this process, an assessment of the potential risks to Ireland posed by the Sellafield Site and the nearby Low-Level Waste Repository was undertaken on Ireland's behalf by a Team of independent, international experts. The project included site visits by the Team to Sellafield where they were given the...

Seanad: Irish Water and Related Reforms: Statements (20 Sep 2012)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...statement and I heartily agree with it. Bord Gáis will be the company responsible and accountable for Irish Water. Our objective is to deliver sustainable high quality and efficient water and wastewater services for the benefit of all citizens. In order to do that the following business objectives are required. Irish Water must be focused on building consumer confidence and meeting...