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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...of the men were very happy to be moving from Mount Street on Saturday because the conditions had become very unsanitary and there was a public health issue. There were no toilets or showers, there was waste in the street and there was no management of the public sphere there. Unfortunately, however, the men were taken away and dumped at the border of Dublin and Wicklow in the Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (20 Mar 2024)

Ossian Smyth: In June 2023, I launched a public consultation to help inform Ireland’s environmental response to disposable vaping devices. Disposable vaping devices present several challenges to our current waste collection and recycling system, and they can and should be recycled in a responsible manner. Over 3,000 submissions were made by individuals and organisations, including retailers, and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Private Partnerships (20 Mar 2024)

Michael McGrath: My Department does not have any planned Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects or ongoing PPP contracts. The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) is a body under the aegis of my Department. My Department has not sponsored any PPP projects. However, the NTMA acting as the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA), procures and delivers PPP projects where requested by State...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has not sponsored any PPP projects, however, the OPW under the aegis of my Department manages the Convention Centre Dublin on behalf of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media who are the sponsors of the project. In terms of costs for the completed projects, the payments made by the State over the life of the PPP contract (typically 25 years...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Private Partnerships (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: ...but also the cost of financing, operating and maintaining the facility (including services such as planned and reactive maintenance, grounds maintenance, cleaning, caretaking, security and waste management). The PPP company must provide a fully maintained facility for the duration of the contract and carries the risk in relation to rectification of any construction defects that occur...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 589 to 593, inclusive, together. The policy of providing grant funding for remedial work on Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (DWWTS), including septic tanks, arises from the need to address damage being done to water quality in sensitive areas in particular. The grants are focused on the areas of greatest environmental priority and are available...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (20 Mar 2024)

Helen McEntee: ..., the Minster for Environment, Climate and Communications. I understand that the relevant sections of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act allowing for the use of CCTV under the Waste Management Act and Litter Pollution Act, and the use of other Mobile Recording Devices under the Waste Management Act, were commenced from 15 February by Minister Ryan. I understand from...

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....

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Richard Bruton: ...comes from sustainable practices. We can also verify that we are not polluting our rivers and that we are restoring them to a pristine condition. Farmers know better than any of us what it is to manage land in a sustainable way. They have husbanded our land for years. They know how to do this, but we must ensure that they are incentivised and supported to do it. Many people looking...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illegal Dumping (7 Mar 2024)

Ossian Smyth: While the primary responsibility for management and enforcement responses to illegal dumping, including any decision to deploy CCTV and other technologies, lies with local authorities, my Department continues to provide extensive policy, financial and legislative support to the local authority sector to support its efforts. Almost €18 million has been provided to local authorities...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the Deputy. The use of biomass in power generation has a role. The main example we have at the moment is the Edenderry power plant, managed by Bord na Móna, which was designed to be 100% biomass compatible and has done exactly that. We switched away from the burning of peat in it. We are using 100% wood material now. I met Bord na Móna on this issue last week and I...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (7 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...of State at the Department of Environment, Climate & Communications. The relevant sections of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act allowing for the use of CCTV under the Waste Management Act and Litter Pollution Act and the use of other Mobile Recording Devices under the Waste Management Act were commenced from the 15th February. It is therefore now open to any...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (7 Mar 2024)

Robert Troy: 152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if private waste providers are permitted to charge a lifting fee for picking up compost bins from householders and his views that such a fee is justifiable in trying to encourage households to dispose of waste in the correct manner. [11452/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 143: In page 61, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(vi) compliance with the State’s European Union obligations for waste management, water quality, air quality, nature conservation and restoration, and reduction of green house gas emissions,”.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (5 Mar 2024)

Ossian Smyth: ...to charge consumers a deposit for every drink sold, to take-back empty containers (unless displaying a take-back exemption) and to refund the deposit to customers. In recognition of the stock management challenges faced by producers, distributors and retailers around the introduction of DRS and to avoid unnecessary waste, a short transition period is in place to manage the selling off of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Litter Pollution (5 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...of State at the Department of Environment, Climate & Communications. The relevant sections of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act allowing for the use of CCTV under the Waste Management Act and Litter Pollution Act and the use of other Mobile Recording Devices under the Waste Management Act were commenced from the 15th February. It is therefore now open to any...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (5 Mar 2024)

Patrick Costello: ...current status of the public consultation on disposable vaping devices; the timeline for the proposed ban on the manufacture, sale, distribution or free offer of disposable vaping devices under the Waste Management Act, 1996, Section 28(4)(i); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10512/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: National Cultural Institutions (5 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...method gives certainty on the ultimate destination of the vessels and deals with them finally in an environmental manner in line with Government and EU policy. EU Regulations set out a framework regulating ship recycling and associated waste. These rules lay down requirements for ships and recycling facilities to ensure that ship recycling takes place in an environmentally safe and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (5 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...to a specific Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report. I am assuming that the report referred to is Antimicrobial Resistance and the Environment – Sources, Persistence, Transmission and Risk Management (AREST). If this is the case, the report was published in February 2024. The findings and recommendations of the research study will be examined more closely. In particular,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: This comes back to the various areas to be considered in the national planning framework. Amendment No. 142 seeks to insert the words "air quality management". Amendment No. 143 seeks to insert the wording "compliance with the State’s European Union obligations for waste management, water quality, air quality, nature conservation and restoration, and reduction of green house gas...