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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Impact on Carbon Budgets of Trend Towards Heavier and Larger Vehicles: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

...and battery technology, there are constant developments in batteries. The sodium ion battery is on the horizon and there is hope that battery technology will be cheaper and less problematic from the management perspective than the current lithium ion batteries and much cheaper. However, at the moment, more electric range costs money meaning the cars with a higher range tend to be more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Mr. Gavin Lawlor: Can I come in on the district heating piece? I recently worked on a project where we trying to deliver district heating, where the developer of the waste heat, for want of a better description, had surplus heat available. It became a huge challenge to get rid of it, even for somebody who was willing to put in the infrastructure, because the housing developer had to make...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (26 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Environmental Protection Agency is involved in the issuing of all waste licences for landfill sites, or if it is only involved in the issuing of licences for larger landfill sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41292/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Waste Management (26 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of TFS office spot-checks and infringements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41285/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (26 Sep 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...for the Programme and has responsibility for the ownership of the homes and their future use. Following a procurement process, John Sisk & Son (Holdings) Ltd was appointed as the main contractor to manage the site enabling works and to arrange for the procurement, transportation and installation of the modular units for the overall programme of works. Subsequently, John Sisk...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...of Utilities, CRU, the independent energy regulator, is designated as the competent authority in the Bill. It will administer the market cap with the assistance of EirGrid, which will be the collection agent and will manage the collection of proceeds. Before outlining the provisions of the Bill, I would like to speak on a number of key points relating to the development of the...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Accommodation for Travellers: Discussion (21 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...into the new home and the provision of other well-being supports. Local authority Traveller accommodation programmes provide for the development of new Traveller-specific accommodation and the management and maintenance of existing accommodation, as well as dealing with vacancy and dereliction with the aim of maximising use of existing resources. Local authorities managed expenditure of...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...plan. They come under extraordinary pressure then to pass zonings or not, which leaves a lot to be desired. That is the mess we have left them in with no real power. In my time, we took the waste management power from councillors, disgracefully so. The city council in Galway did its best to bring in a waste management plan at the time. We put an emphasis on zero waste and recycling...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Sep 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Bríd Smith: ...report calls for the return and the expansion of the town council system, increased revenue and funding powers with parallel systems of accountability and transparency to move the relative level of local authority-managed public spending towards the European average, an immediate end to outsourcing of council housing maintenance and a shift to a new local authority public-led housing...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (20 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Separate codes of practice are required for the operation of CCTV schemes under both the Litter Pollution Act and the Waste Management Act, while a further Code of Practice is required for the use of "mobile recording devices" (e.g. bodycams etc) under the Waste Management Act. DPIAs must also be carried out as part of this process. The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: There is a role and responsibility for all sectors. Nitrates is obviously primarily an agricultural issue. Phosphorous is primarily an urban waste issue in terms of its contribution in impacting water quality. We must also be careful in how we manage our forestry. Our new forestry plan and programme, which we have just initiated, is very much conscious of this and of buffers being in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (13 Jul 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...plastic, while EPRs for wet wipes, balloons and fishing gear will be in place from end 2024. Producers of these products have a responsibility to finance the collection and environmentally-sound waste management of their products at end of life. This includes contributing to the cost of data gathering, litter clean up and awareness raising measures. The Circular Economy Act, signed...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (13 Jul 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...Office Complexes -16% Pharma 14% Prison -11% Retail 42% Air Travel -9% Waste Management -46% Hotel 9%

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (13 Jul 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Mattie McGrath: It is the same pattern all over the country - a reckless, careless, unanswerable cabal that does not care about anybody. The waste, subterfuge and deceit is disgusting. We have seen it in RTÉ in the past number of weeks but it is worse in the HSE. The wages and the management are shocking. I called it out the last day I was here about Carrick-on-Suir. I support the groups. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (12 Jul 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Richard Bruton: ...high users. To examine the sustainability of our sectors, the circular economy, the materials and processes used by companies, and how they approach maintaining materials in use for a long period, manage waste and recover the percentage of reused material that goes into their primary processes need to be considered. Has the Department recognised that is a very different thing from...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (12 Jul 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 27 June 2023, when people in rural areas will be able to access brown bins as per the Waste Action Plan; the reason for the extreme delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34428/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (12 Jul 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...plastic, while EPRs for wet wipes, balloons and fishing gear will be in place from end 2024. Producers of these products have a responsibility to finance the collection and environmentally-sound waste management of their products at end of life. This includes contributing to the cost of data gathering, litter clean up and awareness raising measures. The Circular Economy Act, signed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...62,791 Octavian Economics Ltd Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment for the EMFAF Programme 2021-2027 138,035 CST Group Engineering Reporting Services in relation to Traffic Management at Landing Pier in Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre. 6,088 NW Fire Safety Survey Report of...

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Richard Bruton: ...regions are now subject to regulation. There is a significant shift in the State attitude, with Bord na Móna's title going from brown to green and Coillte's target of 50% of its forestry being managed for diversity, building from the present 20%. There are grounds for optimism that we can make the shift, huge as the scale of the challenge is. It is crucial people do not feel...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (6 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...10(2) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, planning authorities are required to include objectives in their development plans for the provision of infrastructure including water supplies and waste water services. In practice such objectives are informed by consultation with Uisce Éireann as part of the development plan preparation process. Uisce Éireann is the national...