Results 1-20 of 65 for waste management speaker:Eoghan Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Data (21 Oct 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: 27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if waste management companies provide information on the percentage of green domestic waste which is eventually recycled; and the systems in place to verify this information. [31899/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013, a grant scheme was introduced to assist owners of premises connected to domestic wastewater treatment systems (more commonly known as septic tanks) with the costs of remediation, repairs and upgrading to or replacement of, such treatment systems where the works arise directly from an inspection and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Cycling Facilities Funding (27 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I have no function in relation to recycling, waste policy generally or the funding of infrastructure in that regard. At a national level, responsibility for waste policy rests with my colleague,the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment. Waste management infrastructure provision at a local level is the responsibility of local authorities under Part II of the Waste...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: ...Close on 19 March 2019. This consortium comprises Macquarie Corporate Holdings PTY Ltd. as primary equity provider, Sisk as Construction Contractor and equity provider, Choice Housing as Facility Managers and Oaklee Housing (AHB) as tenancy management service provider. The full value of the Bundle 1 contract, the duration of which includes the construction period plus a 25-year operating...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I approved a new funding scheme for on-site wastewater treatment systems (more commonly known as septic tanks) under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021 to replace the current grant which was brought into operation by the Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013.  The grant scheme is also being expanded to support the attainment of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tank Grants (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I approved a new funding scheme for on-site wastewater treatment systems (more commonly known as septic tanks) under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021 to replace the current grant which was brought into operation by the Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013.  The grant scheme is also being expanded to support the attainment of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (18 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I approved a new funding scheme for on-site wastewater treatment systems (more commonly known as septic tanks) under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme to replace the current grant which was brought into operation by the Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013.  The grant scheme is also being expanded to support the attainment of water...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tank Grants (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I approved a new funding scheme for on-site wastewater treatment systems (more commonly known as septic tanks) under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme to replace the current grant which was brought into operation by the Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013. In developing the necessary regulatory and administrative changes to underpin the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (14 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and for providing an opportunity to give an overview of the Environmental Protection Agency's latest report, Urban Wastewater Treatment in 2018, which was published yesterday. The EPA issues this report on wastewater each year, as referred to by the Deputy, and it is an important piece of work. The EPA plainly sets out the significant issues in our...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the EU’s Water Framework Directive my Department has a lead role in developing and implementing policies to protect our water. Ireland’s River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) 2018-2021, available on www.housing.gov.ie, outlines the measures the Government and other sectors are taking to improve water quality in Ireland’s groundwater, rivers, lakes, estuarine and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Value for Money Reviews (22 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ... Socio-economic study in relation to marine litter as part of OSPAR obligations. €18,388 (Water Programme) RPS Group Prepare a Water Life Integrated Project Proposal €77,769 (Water Programme) RPS Group River Basin Management Plan 2018-2021: Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (9 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...issued recently for a new catering contract in my Department's headquarters in the Custom House. This includes a requirement for the provision of effective solutions to encourage customers to minimise waste, for example to use reusable takeaway cups, environmentally acceptable hot food take away packaging etc. My Department is also purchasing reusable cups for staff, and a food waste...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants (19 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: On 8 February this year, I announced details of the measures being funded through my Department under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021. This included improved funding for on-site wastewater treatment systems (more commonly known as septic tanks). The composition of the new multi-annual programme is based on recommendations from the Working Group that I established in April...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...water quality in the area under the Regulations, and takes frequent samples which are published on the EPA’s beaches.iewebsite. Where ‘poor’ designations are received, Dublin City Council is responsible for putting in place a management plan to address the contributing pressures. I view the bathing water quality issue at Sandymount with concern, in terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Private Partnerships Cost (27 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...contract, this equates to an average of approximately €1m per month, (exclusive of VAT and inclusive of an allowance for inflation), or approximately €1,900 per unit per month. This cost includes all maintenance, operating, lifecycle, tenancy management and financing costs. Service provision that is included in the contract includes building and asset management, waste...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants (16 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas library, brought into operation a grant scheme to assist with the cost of remediation of domestic waste water treatment systems / septic tanks, which are deemed, following inspection under the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Inspection Plan, to...

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...the NDP. When we talk about shared outcomes reflected in both documents that are fundamentally supportive of climate action, we are talking about compact growth, sustainable mobility and sustainable management of water, waste and other environmental resources. All include significant elements of policy that provide a strong platform for the development of measures and actions in response...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Dec 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...October 2011. €27,800 2011 National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) Audit reports for ISO9001:2008 in 2011 and 2012. Not intended for publication. These reports are for internal use only as an input for ongoing development of a Divisional Quality Management System. €6,699 2011 Price Waterhouse Coopers Independent assessment on establishment of National Water Utility....

Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...funding and regulation of the rural water sector, a matter which is germane to the policy underpinning of the Bill, and in addition, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will publish a revised Code of Practice for Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems Serving Single Houses for public consultation in early 2019, which is expected to be finalised before the end of 2019, and which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (13 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The European Commission has taken an infringement case against Ireland in relation to the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) which sets out requirements for the collection, treatment and discharge of urban waste water. A hearing in the case took place in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 19 September 2018. Ireland made a number of key points including the burden...