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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (23 Jan 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...for poultry litter must meet the regulatory requirements as set out under Article 11 of the Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters Regulations (SI 113 of 2022, as amended). The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is the competent authority responsible for these Regulations. Larger and more intensive poultry farms are also regulated under the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (17 Jan 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...water. We have families who have to get bottled water for their kids because they do not trust it. Even when the water is clean, people have told me it does not taste the same. I have been on to the EPA and the HSE-----

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Nuclear Plants (17 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Officials from my Department and from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) most recently visited the Sellafield site in July 2023. A similar visit took place in July 2022 and another is planned for later this year. These visits are an important opportunity for my officials and the EPA to see at first hand the decommissioning operations now underway at the various individual facilities at...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: A report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2021 concluded that there is little reliable data on the nature and extent of post-consumer textiles in Ireland. The report is available here: www.epa.ie/publications/circular-economy/resources/nature-an d-extent-of-post-consumer-textiles-in-ireland---study-report .php To address the information and data gaps identified by the EPA, my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (17 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Richard Boyd Barrett: 125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of reports that the EPA and SEAI are only including Dublin Airport’s on-site operating emissions in their reports, that this would not include emissions driven by its core business (aviation) or any associated road traffic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1659/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department provides employment supports and services to jobseekers and employers through the Intreo Employment Service. Intreo provides a wide range of supports to assist jobseekers, including those with a disability, to find work. Intreo also provides recruitment advice and support for employers including information on recruitment and retention incentives. Employment Supports for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (14 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: The main policy achievements by my Department since June 2020 and December 2022 are set out in our Statement of Strategy Report on Delivery, which is available on our the Department website. This report sets out details of the objectives realised under each of the department’s strategic goals. See: enterprise.gov.ie/en/publications/dete-statement-of-strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (14 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department provides funding support to the private water sector and to individual households by way of capital grants and an annual subsidy through the Rural Water Programme. Private water supplies are those supplies not operated by Uisce Éireann and includes group water schemes, small private supplies and private wells. The local authorities have responsibility for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (14 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of 5 regional committees, which drive the delivery of supporting measures at local level. These structures are further supported by the Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO). Funded by my Department (€9,157,875 in 2023), LAWPRO acts as a local government national shared service and is responsible for;Coordinating efforts by local authorities, public bodies and other stakeholders...

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...to thank Trócaire and ActionAid, whose research constitutes most of this motion and which provided me with great assistance in its drafting. Their support and that of the public show just how important it is that Ireland continues to be a world leader in fossil fuel divestment. After fossil fuels, agribusiness is the largest contributor to climate change. The EPA reports that in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Plants (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...(EA) at the bi-annual meetings of the UK-Ireland Contact Group on Radiological Matters, and at its most recent meeting on the 29-30 November 2023, which was hosted by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) at their headquarters in County Wexford. This group comprises senior officials and representatives from my Department, the EPA, the UK Department of Energy Security and Net Zero,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (12 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: In 2023 my Department has played an important role in delivering our priorities under the Programme for Government and in delivering cross-Government policy objectives as set out in documents such as the National Planning Framework and National Development Plan, the Climate Action Plan 2023, Harnessing Digital – the Digital Ireland Framework and to our international commitments...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (7 Dec 2023)

Denis Naughten: Now we see the reason for my frustration that there is not a Minister or Minister from State from the relevant Department here to respond. The points I raised have not been addressed, which is not the fault of the Minister of State, Deputy O'Brien. A further point that needs to be addressed along with the staffing issue is the significant hurdle that presents in the form of the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am very concerned that the EPA and Department of environment officials who visited one of the most toxic nuclear sites in the world believe there are "no significant matters" that should cause concern for Ireland. This was their response to aGuardiannewspaper report this week which cited crumbling buildings, cracks worsening in a reservoir of toxic radioactive sludge, and the ongoing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Simon Coveney: ...decarbonisation challenge. That is why, for example, the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, has access to a significant climate fund, which will be used for many of these programmes in future. I suspect that my Department and his will make a strong case to significantly ratchet up the available resources for adaptation within industry to decarbonise. That needs to get under way next year. We...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (7 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...this will go to Uisce Éireann. This investment will deliver significant improvements in public wastewater services and improve water quality in rivers, lakes and marine areas. In relation to the Sligo and Leitrim area, the EPA Urban Wastewater Treatment Report 2022 does not indicate any raw sewage discharges in the Sligo Leitrim area as of mid-2023.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Public Employment Service (PES) offers a range of supports to help Jobseekers secure and sustain employment. The service is delivered, through Employment Personal Advisers (EPA) and Job Coaches (JC) who offer an individualised employment service delivered mainly via one-on-one engagements. In these engagements the EPA/JC will work with the Jobseeker to identify their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (7 Dec 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Public Employment Service (PES) offers a range of supports to help Jobseekers secure and sustain employment. The service is delivered, through Employment Personal Advisers (EPA) and Job Coaches (JC) who offer an individualised employment service delivered mainly via one-on-one engagements. In these engagements the EPA/JC will work with the Jobseeker to identify their...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Dec 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ..., about what is happening in other countries regarding farming and the ignoring of some of the crazy rules we have here. We come back with all the rules in the world and our geniuses in the Departments then add three or four statutory instruments onto them. It is time the Irish people were represented properly. Why can we not act like the premiers in some countries, like Viktor...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Waste Management (6 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. The results of the EPA report on the circular economy and waste statistics that were published last week very much threw into sharp light just how much needs to be done with regard to what can be recycled and what is being recycled in Ireland. In fact, the report shows that Ireland is going backwards, not forwards, with regard to...