Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The purpose of Programme F is to promote the protection of our natural environment, the health and well-being of our citizens and the transition to a resource-efficient circular economy in support of ecologically sustainable development, growth and jobs.

The environment and waste management programme includes an allocation of €31.5 million towards staff costs, non-pay current as well as capital costs of the Environmental Protection Agency. The programme includes €11 million grant funding for the remediation of landfill sites, disposal of historic tyre stockpiles and repatriation of North-South waste.

Also included in the programme is €1.75 million to fund a range of Irish academic and research institutions involved in economic modelling and analysis which supported the recent publication of the national mitigation plan and the draft national adaptation framework, as required under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015.