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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Waste Management (16 Nov 2023)

Waste Management

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: ...is absolute insanity what is going on. The first thing is to bring in consultants. I am not against bringing in expert advice but I can tell Mr. Moloney of occasions when we have had expert advice. One of them was the waste management plans back in the 2000s. Each county council was instructed to get involved in this and draw up waste management plans. There were eight regional plans,...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (16 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Ossian Smyth: ...Ireland’s ambitious 2030 renewable electricity targets as well as providing additional security of electricity supply and contributing to decarbonising non-domestic electricity use. Investing in solar PV offers businesses an enduring solution to manage the impact of high and volatile electricity prices while also reducing their own emissions and supporting the local electricity...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition to Reopen Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

...have been enough reports. HIQA identified the same point that the overcrowding was as a result of the fact there was not a model 3 hospital in the region. That then led the university hospital management committee to the long-term objective of exploring the option of a model 3 hospital for the region. That did not come to fruition because the second HIQA report, which followed up on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: While the primary responsibility for management and enforcement responses to illegal dumping lies with the local authorities, my Department continues to provide extensive policy, financial and legislative support to the local authority sector to support their efforts. Almost €15m has been provided to local authorities under the Anti-Dumping Initiative (ADI) since it was first...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (16 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 72 together. In Budget 2024, the Government provided the highest ever allocation for the international development assistance programme managed, under Vote 27, by the Department of Foreign Affairs. The allocation of €776.5 million represents an increase of €60 million, or 8.4% of the 2023 allocation. This will help to ensure that Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (16 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the national waste management plan continues to address the relevant issues, with particular reference to reduction, reuse and recycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50481/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (16 Nov 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: There are currently three grant schemes available to householders relating to Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (DWWTS) commonly known as Septic Tank Grants. The purpose of the grants is to provide financial assistance to households to carry out works to defective septic tanks. The grants are focused on the areas of greatest environmental priority to protect human health and the...

Seanad: Vacant and Derelict Buildings: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...that there are more than 170,000 vacant sites in Ireland. We see it every day in urban centres including villages where there are undeveloped sites that are not only an eyesore but are a waste of valuable land. Those sites could be transformed for use within those towns and villages. That could be for housing use but also for community spaces, some of which we are very much lacking. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Richard Bruton: I acknowledge the achievements of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. It has been no mean achievement to manage Covid-19, Brexit and the Ukraine crisis, come through with 2.6 million people at work and, at the same time, move to introduce a living wage, sick pay and remote working rights, protect tips, have a new public holiday and move towards recognising collective...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (15 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an allocation of funding has been made to Waterford County Council for the clean-up of plastic on a property (details supplied); how much funding was allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50108/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Waste Management (Prohibition of Waste Disposal by Burning) Regulations 2009 make it an offence to dispose of waste by uncontrolled burning. Article 5 of these Regulations provided an exemption to allow for the disposal of uncontaminated wood, trees, tree trimmings, leaves, brush, or other similar waste generated by agricultural practices only. Such burning was only to be done as a final...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023) See 4 other results from this debate

Maurice Quinlivan: ...tourist destination. (8) The Mayoral role shall have responsibility for the organising and chairing of the Joint Policing Committee. (9) The Mayor shall have executive powers in the realms waste management. (10) The Mayor shall have executive powers for public realm improvements including disused and unused public spaces. (11) The Mayor shall have oversight with regards to the...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (15 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Eamon Ryan: ...x20ac;10.6 million in B7, energy research programmes; and €2.3 million in B15, residential retrofit loan guarantee scheme. In programme C, circular economy development, there was €2.5 million in C4, GSI services; and €10.8 million in C6, waste management programme. Finally, in programme D, connectivity and communications delivery, there was €2.7 million in D4,...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Catherine Connolly: ...questions as to where the material was going but, theoretically, we led in Galway city and tried to lead in the county, as I gather, with education officers encouraging people, no incineration, zero waste and working towards all of that. We brought in a city plan that reflected those principles and what the people of Galway wanted. There were monster meetings in the Corrib Great Southern...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Rónán Mullen: ...section of people spending their money wrongly and foolishly, either on excessive gambling or on the purchase of such nicotine inhaling products. One could add other things on which people waste their money. We live in a free society, and one does not want to overly restrict people in the use of their freedom, but when one sees people who cannot afford it spending too much on lottery...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...to live their lives, they are in more pain. They need more invasive treatment which is more costly in the long run. It is fair to say that while there is wonderful work happening for those who manage to get into the HSE and get treatment, the HSE's delivery of health services, because of capacity constraints at least, is a disaster. Those capacity constraints exist either because there...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Paul Kehoe: ..., Climate Action and Environment if the draft Codes of Practice for the use of CCTV by local authorities to deter and detect dumping have been submitted to his office by the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA for approval); if he will provide an estimated date when the codes of practice will be approved once submitted, which will allow local authorities to be able to put in place...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (14 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...services activities 1,029,122 Arts, entertainment and recreation 874,497 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 795,245 Real estate activities 491,045 Water supply; Sewerage, Waste management and remediation activities 336,329 Financial and Insurance Activities 263,966 ...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: A national hospital that is six years late and €1.4 billion over budget; an opaque HSE coming down with management that can swallow up billions of euro but cannot make a decision; €300 million spent on Dublin metro projects without any construction; dozens of flood defences stuck in a banjaxed planning and court system; not one approval for a wind farm in 12 months and just...