Results 1-11 of 11 for waste management speaker:Ciarán Cannon

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Climate Change Policy (11 Jul 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: ...Tánaiste has also participated in Cabinet discussions relevant to the approval of the national climate action plan. In line with the January Government Decision on Single Use Plastics, prevention of waste and green public procurement directed at Departments and Agencies, my Department is taking meaningful action to reduce its carbon footprint. The Secretary General has tabled this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Waste Disposal (16 Oct 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: ...in mid-2017, mandatory per kilogram charging was not introduced for bin collection. Instead, a range of charging options were allowed, which encourage householders to reduce and separate their waste and provide flexibility to waste collectors to develop various service price offerings that suit different household circumstances. As a community, we need to keep our focus on the prevention...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Waste Disposal (16 Oct 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: ...Action, Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland, the Irish Wheelchair Association, the Disability Federation of Ireland, the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, the National Disability Authority, the National Waste Collection Permit Office, the regional waste management offices, the Irish Waste Management Association, the Department of Health, the HSE, and the Data Protection Commission. All the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Staff Numbers (28 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: ...to local authorities for environmental purposes through the environment fund, and income to that fund derives from the proceeds of the environmental levy on the supply of plastic bags and on waste that goes to landfill. The purposes for which payments may be made from the environment fund are set out in the Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2001 and include a range of purposes for the...

Topical Issue Debate: Disposal of Hazardous Waste (4 Jul 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan. Functions relating to the environmental planning, licensing and control of hazardous waste are the responsibility of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, and local authorities. Under section 60(3) of the Waste Management Act 1996, my colleague, the Minister for the Environment,...

Topical Issue Debate: Disposal of Hazardous Waste (4 Jul 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: For the information of the Deputy, the EPA is reviewing the national hazardous waste management plan at present for the period from 2013 to 2017, as it is so obliged under section 26 of the Waste Management Act. The Deputy might make a submission to that review process. As I pointed out earlier, functions relating to the environmental planning, licensing and control of hazardous waste are...

Seanad: Local Authority Staff (28 Feb 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...to have a wide level of operational discretion. It is important that all citizens should be able to able to get assistance in services in their area. It is also important that local authority management ensure that elected members have access to the information they need to discharge their responsibilities effectively. If councillors, in particular, are dissatisfied with the level of...

Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 Feb 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...programme, which is administered by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, is the principal means by which the strategic objectives of capital investment in water and waste water services are achieved. A rolling three-year programme approach was adopted in 2000 for the development and roll-out of the programme. Funding is also available for smaller public...

Seanad: Crime Prevention (1 Feb 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...arise in this area which go beyond the field of criminal justice legislation for which the Minister for Justice and Equality is responsible. While there is no sector-specific regulation for the waste metal industry, I understand that there are relevant statutory provisions in relation to waste activities. These include requirements for appropriate authorisations under the Waste...

Seanad: School Transport: Statements (28 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: ...paymasters in Frankfurt and Washington. For that to happen, all of us here need steely determination to rein in our spending and to balance our books. School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on my Department's behalf. In the region of 123,000 children, including more than 8,000 children with special needs, are transported in approximately 4,000 vehicles on a...

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Cannon: ...every aspect of Senator Boyle's well-worded arguments against the concept of incineration. If we as a nation are ambitious, which we should be and I believe we are, in reducing and minimising our waste, I cannot understand how alongside that ambition we are also proposing to use the concept of incineration. It, by its nature, needs massive amounts of waste to remain viable. I fail to...