Results 1-15 of 15 for waste management speaker:Peter Burke

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (5 Dec 2023)

Peter Burke: 142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an extension to the temporary extension of the Waste Management (Prohibition of Waste Disposal by Burning) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 will be considered, given the difficult weather conditions which have persisted in recent months. [53314/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff (4 Oct 2022)

Peter Burke: Details on the number of staff appointed to work directly on the management and assessment of foreshore applications and the management of the estate generally within the Foreshore Unit in my Department is set out in the table below. It is worthwhile noting that while my Department manages the assessment of a number of Foreshore licence and lease applications, it has also been leading on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (20 Sep 2022)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 261 and 262 together. My Department’s Foreshore Unit operates the consenting regime under the Foreshore Act 1933, managing the regulation of a range of different marine activities and infrastructural developments. The volume of applications made under the Act in recent years has grown significantly. In parallel, my Department is leading an extensive...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (14 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: ...of my Department also assesses foreshore consent applications for a range of other proposed activities and developments relating to ports and harbours, strategic infrastructure projects like water and waste water infrastructure, local authorities’ infrastructural works such as bridges, marinas, coastal protection works, flood relief works, as well as strategically important...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (16 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: 156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a latté levy on single-use drinks and food containers will be introduced as part of the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022 with the aim of reducing litter and the waste of resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31413/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (16 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: ...for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a requirement to commit 20% of a retailer’s floor space to reuse and refill options is being considered as part of the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31414/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (16 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: 158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a ban on plastic packaging on hardy fruit and vegetables is being considered as part of the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31415/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (16 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: ...Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is considering a ban on single-use items such as wipes, free sample-size items and mono-dose sachets in conjunction with the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31416/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (7 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: ...marine planning system, which is underpinned by a statutory Marine Planning Policy Statement guided by the National Marine Planning Framework (NMPF), consisting of a new licensing and development management regime from the high water mark to the outer limit of the State’s continental shelf. This new regime will be administered in due course by the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority...

Water and Wastewater Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 May 2021)

Peter Burke: ...this important area as we outline plans and actions the Government is intending to take. Our Shared Future, the programme for Government, sets a high level of ambition around sustainable water management and contains more than 30 commitments specific to water matters. These commitments are directed towards overcoming the deficits in our water infrastructure which impact on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021 (18 May 2021)

Peter Burke: ...have clearer demarcation lines between the mayor, as the democratically elected executive head, and the executives, as is the case in employment legislation. The Deputy made a valid point about waste management. We have had discussions about that. Limerick, as a region, was involved in discussions with the Department and was against handing over responsibility in that regard to the...

National Marine Planning Framework: Motion (29 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: ...followed closely by the maritime area planning Bill and the maritime jurisdiction Bill and, in the near future, the expansion of our network of marine protected areas, we will experience a seismic change in how we manage and protect our maritime area. This is an historic development, providing a new way of looking at our relationship with the seas that surround us. As Minister of State...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Quality (5 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: ...matter and giving me with the opportunity to address it. I assure Members that the Government is committed to ensuring that people in rural areas are supported in accessing good quality water and waste water services, as committed to in the programme for Government. Following on from the recommendations contained in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water...

Seanad: Local Government (Use of CCTV in Prosecution of Offences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (5 Mar 2021)

Peter Burke: ...for Data Protection wrote to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in September 2020 concerning data protection issues with the use of CCTV cameras for litter and waste enforcement purposes. The commissioner's view was that, while the Litter Pollution Act and the Waste Management Act provide local authorities with powers to prevent, investigate, detect and prosecute...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Protection Agency (1 Dec 2020)

Peter Burke: ...of recent years but to do so, we will need to coordinate our collective effort across a range of sectors. Foremost among these many efforts will be a continued substantial investment to improve waste water treatment and a renewed resolve to reduce nutrients lost from agricultural land. Many of the actions now needed to protect and improve water quality will also provide helpful...