Results 1-20 of 21 for waste management speaker:Malcolm Noonan

Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...nature reserves across the country through the establishment of new ones and increasing investment in the ones we already have. We are also publishing legislation to provide a legal basis for the parks and putting management plans in place for each one. We are on track to have draft heads of Bill published and plans in place by the end of this year. Questions of accessibility for...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...x2014; (a) the construction of a new road, or the widening or realignment of an existing road, to any such house, (b) the construction or erection of pumping stations, treatment works, holding tanks or outfall facilities for waste water or storm water, to serve any such house, (c) the laying underground of sewers, mains, pipes or other apparatus to serve any such house, (d) the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...plan within such a strategy, must include measures for the effective implementation and monitoring of the strategy and the plan, including an indication of priorities for infrastructure of scale relating to transportation, water services, waste management, energy and communications networks and the provision of educational, healthcare, retail, cultural and recreational facilities....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...of buildings was well made. Across Dublin, we routinely see perfectly good buildings that were built in the 1940s or 1950s and could be repurposed being demolished, with the construction and demolition waste probably ending up in landfill. Our waste management legislation is also important in this regard. I recall being involved 20 years ago when we were looking at mobile crushers...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (23 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: There are currently three separate Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (DWWTS) grant schemes available to householders. The purpose of the grants is to provide financial assistance to householders to repair or upgrade their defective DWWTS, commonly called septic tanks. In order to avail of the grants, householders must have failed an inspection under the National Inspection Plan and be...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...be amended or deleted. Such a level of oversight is not considered in any way reasonable or necessary. It is envisaged that a dedicated team of archaeologists and administrators will be formed to manage and maintain the register and I am confident this system will work as intended. For these reasons, I am not in a position to accept the amendment and hope the Deputy will reflect on the...

Biodiversity Action: Statements (25 May 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...support the comments that have been made on that. Deputy Andrews raised the invasive and problematic species such as deer and rhododendron. We are working on finalising an invasive species management plan. We have been working with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on some proposals on deer management. Regarding the Dublin Bay biosphere, which was also raised by Deputy...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Policy (3 May 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...of the end-of-life vehicle directive into Irish legislation in 2014 and the subsequent adoption of our compliance scheme on the approach to the issue. With regard to enforcement, section 71 of the Waste Management Act specifically prohibits the abandonment of vehicles on any land and creates an offence for so doing. It also enables local authorities to enter on any land upon which...

Seanad: Public Water Connection Charges: Motion (26 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...longer term, a national monitoring campaign is being set up in conjunction with the Marine Institute. These data will be reported under the marine strategy framework directive and will enable targeting of measures to manage inputs.Beach macro-litter monitoring is long-established at designated sites around the coast as part of the OSPAR marine litter monitoring programme. In 2021, an...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (23 Mar 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...with the principles of social, economic and environmental sustainability. We continue, as a Government, to upgrade our investment in water services infrastructure, in keeping with our EU drinking water and wastewater services obligations, and in line with population growth and economic development needs in both urban and rural areas. Factors such as distance and geography mean that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Litter Pollution (28 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...problem on our hands and it is impacting on our image abroad but, more important, on our collective well-being and sense of collective responsibility. In accordance with the provisions of the Waste Management Act 1996, each local authority is responsible for the supervision and enforcement of the relevant provisions of that Act and of the Litter Pollution Act and the recovery and...

Report on Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...of construction. Public procurement rules already provide sufficient flexibility to incorporate sustainable construction materials and we urge that that be done. In relation to demolition waste, I outlined the actions being undertaken under the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022. In addition, I make the point that a significant majority of local authorities through...

Report on Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...emissions are being addressed by the climate action plan, the review of the EU construction products regulation and the review of the energy performance of buildings directive. The issue of demolition waste is being addressed through the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022. Green public procurement is being addressed by a range of initiatives spearheaded by the Office...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (13 Jul 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department has no role in waste management. Landowners with waste management questions should, in the first instance, consult their Local Authority. It may be appropriate in some circumstances to refer to the Wildlife Act 1976, since it regulates the cutting of vegetation growing on uncultivated land and in hedges and ditches during the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Regulations (9 Mar 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...can remove old growth and, as the Senator said, stimulate new growth. The aim of such burning is to improve grazing and access for livestock. Fire was also often used in the past to dispose of waste arising from hedge and tree cutting. The burning of such dead vegetation as waste is regulated by laws concerned with air quality rather than with wildlife protection, and such law is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: .... When peatlands are drained or damaged, the peat oxidises and the carbon is released back to the atmosphere. Peat oxidation can be stopped or reduced through the restoration of sites and hydrological management measures. A restored bog can actively sequester carbon, and once restored it becomes a carbon store. It is essential to keep the carbon stored in the ground and restore and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Seirbhísí Oileán (1 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: ...and progression of individual projects, such as those outlined this evening, are a matter for determination by Irish Water. My Department has made inquiries specifically with Irish Water on the issue mentioned by Deputy Ó Cuív. I understand that there is a small waste water treatment system serving a small number of houses in the village and that it is managed by Irish Water,...

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

Malcolm Noonan: ...of one-off rural housing, specifically in County Leitrim. The preference should be to cluster housing developments around village settlements where they will be connected to sustainable water and waste water infrastructure. A pilot for that willow-based evapotranspiration system is being considered. Those are some of the issues which have been raised since I joined the debate. I...

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

Malcolm Noonan: .... The funding to be provided to Irish Water is vital to maintain its asset base and current levels of service to ensure compliance and growth and to deliver improvements in drinking water quality and capacity, to manage waste water and protect and enhance the environment, and to support growth and economic development for Ireland. It will deliver projects and programmes targeted at...

Seanad: Water Quality: Motion (19 Apr 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: ..., either in this House or in the Dáil. Moreover, I thank everyone for the passion they have brought to the debate. The Programme for Government: Our Shared Future sets a high level of ambition around sustainable water management. It contains over 30 commitments specific to water matters which are directed towards overcoming the infrastructural deficits that impact on the provision...