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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: That is what the national development plan did.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: 13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements for the reopening of the organic farming scheme; the primary areas of focus in this regard; the budget for the extended scheme; and the number of farmers that could apply. [51159/18]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I apologise for arriving late but I was at an earlier meeting. I read the presentation and I am glad I have an opportunity to ask some brief questions. My first question relates to the Poolbeg incinerator. I understand a recent EPA inspection showed that some of the material which was used in the incinerator should not have been used in that it came from a two-bin - rather than a three-bin...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: How many infringements have been recorded in that facility since it started operations?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: An incident occurred in the early stages of its operations when workers were exposed to ammonia, if I recall rightly, within the site which they were painting from an explosion from one of the values. I cannot remember the full technical details. We asked questions about that almost two years ago and sought to bring in the company and the EPA but we have not heard anything further. What...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: What were the consequences for the company of that breach of safety, the fact that the valves were in the wrong place or that the weldings were not right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: No fine was imposed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: How many other incidents of breaches of compliance or conditions of operation were there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: On the first question I asked about where inappropriate material was used in the incineration, which had come from a non-three bin system, what is the next stage where there is an inspector's report raising a concern? What happens next?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: There is not likely to be fine or a consequence for the company other than warning it not to do it again.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: Regarding a second incident, which I believe has been recently reported, where material was returned from the plant as being inappropriate, there was no recording as to where that material went. Is that a fair summary of what happened?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I understand the company has applied another 200,000 tonnes of waste material per year and that it is looking for an extension of its licence to allow for it. What is the role of the EPA in considering such an application and who decides on it? Is it the council, the EPA or another body?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I apologise for the series of detailed questions, but it is a major issue in my constituency. The Climate Action Fund has available €20 million, I believe for the use of heat from the wastewater at the facility in the district heating system. Does the EPA have any involvement with it or does it have any understanding of what could be developed? What is its role in considering the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: Yes. It is about using heat from wastewater at the plant.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: It is related to the plant.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I presume the Department was involved in considering applications under the Climate Action Fund. Would it be possible to send members details of what exactly is proposed? To be honest, I am totally in favour of using heat from wastewater. It is my understanding of a report from a number of years ago by Dr. David Connolly at a Danish university that half of Dublin could be heated with the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: Mr. Collins would have a copy of the details of what is planned or know how much of the heated wastewater could be used and so on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: Perhaps Mr. Collins might forward it to us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I have a policy question. There is to be additional capacity of 90,000 tonnes at this facility, while there is capacity to deal with 235,000 tonnes at the Indaver facility in County Meath. Are all three cement plants engaged in the waste incineration process? That must mean that there is capacity for a further 400,000 or 500,000 tonnes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Eamon Ryan: The proposed plant in Cork would have capacity to deal with another 250,000 tonnes.