Results 1-6 of 6 for waste management speaker:Declan Breathnach

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2019)

Declan Breathnach: ...the event of a hard Brexit? What will happen to the environment? There is talk about Monsanto and Roundwood weed killer being banned. What happens if the EU decides to ban it and the British do not? Are we wasting our time? We say only our rivers run free. What is happening to water quality and waste management? In my constituency, one sees tyres discarded on the roadside. There is...

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Declan Breathnach: ...authority mismanagement of sewerage plants. In addition, during the boom times, local authorities allowed private group sewerage schemes to service many housing developments that are not being managed by anyone at present. Many of the voluntary committees, through no fault of their own, often fall foul of trying to meet quality standards under the EU Water Framework Directive. Algal...

Waste Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Jul 2017)

Declan Breathnach: ..." are reduce, reuse and recycle. I and my party, like the many community and environmental initiatives, tidy towns, green flag schools and so on all support recycling and reduction of our man-made waste. We need to take greater steps than ever before to minimise that waste and maximise our recycling rates. The polluter pays principle is always going to be the cornerstone of waste...

Waste Disposal: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I commend the many environmental organisations, including Tidy Towns, green schools and the local authorities, for their valued efforts to ensure we have some from of waste control and education in the whole process. The polluter pays principle has always been the cornerstone of waste management plans and the inevitable pay-by-weight regime is slowly but surely starting to bite. Fianna...

Topical Issue Matters (28 Jun 2017)

Declan Breathnach: ...Ferris - weekend home help hours; (15) Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher - cardiology rehab and telemetry monitoring service at Letterkenny University Hospital; (16) Deputy Bríd Smith - the new proposals on waste management charges; (17) Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin - the closure of the L6047 Coughlanstown road in Kildare; (18) Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - the need for light rail in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Tyre Disposal (13 Dec 2016)

Declan Breathnach: ...To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the new regulations he expects to have in place early in 2017 pertaining to producer responsibilities for environmentally sound management of waste tyres; the details of his proposed mandatory compliance scheme to ensure that the vEMC levy is actually used for the measures intended by the scheme, that is, for waste...