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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Recycling Policy (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: ...behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth. Over the past two decades Ireland has made significant progress in moving away from disposal as our primary treatment option. Ireland's national Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy provides a roadmap to transition to a circular economy in the decade ahead. One of the key objectives in this action plan includes making producers...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authorities (8 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Under the Litter Pollution Act, 1997, the primary responsibility for management and enforcement responses to litter pollution lies with local authorities. It is a matter for each local authority to determine the most appropriate public awareness, enforcement, and clean-up actions in relation to litter taking account of local circumstances and priorities. My Department provides financial...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Targets (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: ..., given that the Minister's colleague, the Minister for Finance, issued a similar statement bringing to the public attention the tendency to overspend in certain areas, is it within the capacity of management to curtail this in sufficient amounts and numbers between now and remainder of the year? The tendency in an election year, and we have two elections coming up shortly, is that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ..., NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects or sectoral policy strategies, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP), rests with the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (2 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...coming years, thereby enabling firms to plan, in advance, commercial bids for these major infrastructure projects. In addition, I have also introduced further significant reforms to the Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF), which sets out the contracts used for public capital projects. Project Ireland 2040 In January 2024, I chaired a Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board meeting...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (1 May 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...to apply before this date. Further details are available at www.icob.ie. Registration is easy and I am informed that payments to eligible businesses have commenced as of last week. Any business owner or manager who wishes to learn more about other supports and assistance that is available across all government bodies should first speak to their Local Enterprise Office. The 31 Local...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Illegal Dumping (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Fleming: ...Smyth, also has a clear role in this area due to the data protection issue. The Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 advanced a number of priority provisions identified in the waste action plan, including the provision of GDPR-compliant use of technologies, such as CCTV. The Act facilitates the use of CCTV schemes, under either the Litter Pollution Act or the Waste...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Ossian Smyth: ...of the circular economy following on from the signing into law of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act in 2022. In line with the evolution of EU and UN environmental policy, the waste action plan for a circular economy was published in September 2020. The first circular economy strategy and the circular economy programme were published in November 2021. In July 2022,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2024: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...places, with the smoke coming up to their bedrooms in draughts. There is noise. They have to confront bottles, alcohol and dirt. I will finish by saying that, in this circular, we also need to cover how waste management is dealt with so that the issue of private sector bottles, food and rubbish being dumped in public bins in the public realm is addressed. I support the initiative but...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (30 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The matter of waste collection charges is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications. I am advised by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications that there is no national waiver scheme for household waste collection. The waste management market in Ireland is now serviced by private companies, where prices charged are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (25 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: In recognition of the stock management challenges faced by producers, distributors and retailers around the introduction of Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) and to avoid unnecessary waste, a short transition period is in place to manage the selling off of old stock and the introduction of new stock. This means that retailers can continue to sell drinks that do not have the national DRS (Re-turn)...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

..., traffic control, relevant bylaws and local environment. Municipal districts would operate in a directly-elected regional structure that would be responsible to raise and spend taxes for education, health, waste management, planning, policing, climate action and other such overarching services, which are best under regional control but determined through formal co-operation and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for Persons with Lung Fibrosis: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

...May to contact a reference number. It always comes in by cheque at the end of May. You are talking about two months. I then lodge the money to cover my credit card. That is how I survive. It is a total waste of time and management. There is a huge amount of paperwork.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

...that meets climate and biodiversity as well as economic and social goals is much more limited in volume. In Volume 4, in the summary for policymakers, we stated: "Sustainable diets, reducing food waste and rebalancing land use, including a managed reduction in the number of ruminants, can reduce methane and nitrous oxide emissions and make land available for forestry, wetland restoration...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (23 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a scheme has been established whereby persons with medical conditions that result in the generation of high volumes of waste can get relief on their waste charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17332/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Emergency Accommodation (23 Apr 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...place simultaneously relating to: Sites selection via the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Engagement with site owners; Finalising the work programme with the main contractor to manage the enabling works on sites, the acquisition of modular units and their transportation and installation; and There has also been considerable positive collaboration with utility...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (23 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Heather Humphreys: ...documentation as stipulated by the Schools Procurement’s Unit, the school meal supplier is responsible for operating policies which progressively addresses environmental considerations such as waste and packaging and is committed to the principles of environmental management in its activities and it encourages the implementation of sustainability principles in its procurement...

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...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Give Travellers the Floor: Discussion (18 Apr 2024)

...have to endure sustained and inhumane living conditions. In recent testimony, Mary Delaney, who is living on the Carrobrowne temporary halting site in Galway, which is situated beside the local waste facility and enclosed dump, stated: Living here in the site has affected not only the adults physical and mental health, but also our children’s physical and mental health. Watching...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Michael Collins: ...smaller businesses, this additional financial burden may pose a challenge. While automatic enrolment aims to increase participation, some employees may resist being enrolled. They might prefer to manage their own retirement savings or have concerns about the impact on their take-home pay. The Bill does specify investment options or guarantee returns. The retirement savings of...