Results 1-13 of 13 for waste management speaker:Ann Phelan

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (10 Dec 2015)

Ann Phelan: It is a matter for individual waste operators to determine their own preferred waste treatment options having regard to market conditions as well as available infrastructure in Ireland and elsewhere in the EU primarily. In terms of the specific matter referred to, under section 60(3) of the Waste Management Act 1996, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (10 Dec 2015)

Ann Phelan: ...is aware of the illegal stockpiling of tyres. Indeed, the recent issues experienced by a number of local authorities in the period before Halloween are simply part of much wider problems with waste tyres in Ireland. I am confident that Minister Kelly’s plans for the introduction of producer responsibility arrangements for waste tyres will deal with the problem identified by the...

Protection of the Environment (Criminal Activity) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2015)

Ann Phelan: ...concerns expressed by many voices across a number of sectors and I acknowledge the genuine good intent with which Deputy Smith has proposed this legislation. The scale of the diesel laundering waste problem in the Border area and the criminality which underpins it, which endangers both human health and the environment and poses a particular threat to our watercourses, is a cause of...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: I cannot accept this amendment. Waste collection companies are already obliged under the conditions of their permit to ensure that waste is disposed of only at appropriate licensed facilities. The amendment would force applicants for waste collection permits to enter into binding commercial contracts with waste disposal operations before they even have a collection permit and when there is...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: ...tool that is less costly and resource intensive than prosecutions in the Circuit and District Courts, especially for relatively small-scale offences. The Bill includes important changes to the Waste Management Act to reform comprehensively our system of household waste collection. These changes give effect to policy commitments set out in the Government's 2012 national waste policy...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: ...and Report Stages. Reports in the newspapers stating that households could be liable to pay a fine of €3,000 are incorrect.It is not the household but the company that is involved in the waste management. It is important this message gets out so that households do not get the incorrect idea that a fine of €3,000 can be imposed on them. Householders are not compelled to be...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: ...shop for his groceries. It is a valuable thing to do and I wish many others would follow his example. He is to be commended on it. Civic amenity sites have a huge role to play in the overall waste management plan. I cannot stress enough that this is environment legislation. I am not dealing with industrial relations legislation. On the pay by weight system, under the proposed new...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: ...following: “Amendment of section 34 of Act of 1996 35. Section 34 of the Act of 1996 is amended by—(a) in subsection (1)—(i) in paragraph (a), the substitution of “collect or transport waste” for “collect waste”, (ii) in paragraph (aa), the substitution of “the functions under this section or section 34A in relation to waste...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Waste Disposal (28 May 2015)

Ann Phelan: ...in the longer term, including in the area of emerging technologies. With respect to renewable energy, our national energy policies recognise the importance of other renewable sources such as biodegradable waste. In this regard, both the alternative energy requirement, AER, and the renewable energy feed-in tariff, REFIT, schemes support electricity generated from anaerobic digestion,...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 May 2015)

Ann Phelan: ...Park Act; the reinstatement of existing fixed payment notices in the area of air quality; the extension of fixed penalty notices to a range of other existing offences in areas of air quality and waste management and, in particular, in relation to WEEE; extension of the scope of the EPA; extension of the deadline for making a declaration of non-use in the case of registration of a new...

Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: ...the Opposition. We have heard much bluster about non-payment, resistance, protests, court cases and imprisonment. This type of messaging will not rectify the problems with our public water and wastewater systems, nor will it address the high levels of leakage, inadequate wastewater treatment levels or problems with water quality and supply in certain areas. Consolidating and building...

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

Ann Phelan: ...by referring to the updated consolidating regulations, namely, SI 326 of 2012. Third, it provides for the extension of FPNs to a range of other existing offences in the areas of air quality and waste management, in particular with regard to waste electrical and electronic equipment, WEEE, batteries, waste packaging and end-of-life vehicles. Fourth, it extends the scope of the EPA to...

Topical Issue Debate: Food Quality Assurance Scheme (19 Nov 2014)

Ann Phelan: ...product and process. There are procedures covering hygiene, chilling and product traceability along the production chain, to which the Deputy has referred. Processors must develop a food safety management plan based on the principles of HACCP. Processors are subject to independent audit during which their compliance with each of the scheme requirements is assessed. When processors are...