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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Mr. Mark Griffin: These are Exchequer extra receipts from the auction of allowances by the EPA, and the EPA administers the EU emissions trading system and acts as an auctioneer for Ireland. The revenue generated in the Exchequer extra receipts is actually revenue from the auctions undertaken by the EPA which comes back into the Central Fund and which is not hypothecated but is allocated...

Written Answers — Hazardous Waste: Hazardous Waste (21 Oct 2010)

John Gormley: Decisions on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control licences are the responsibility of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The monitoring and enforcement associated with licensed activities, including accident prevention and emergency response measures that provide for the protection of the environment, are also a matter for the EPA. Under the Environmental Protection Agency Acts...

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (9 Jul 2009)

John Gormley: Local authorities operate under the general supervision of the EPA in relation to the performance of their environmental functions. Article 29(6) of the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2009 requires, inter alia, the EPA to make recommendations and give directions to a local authority in relation to the monitoring and inspections to be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Pollution (4 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: ...aquatic environment from sewerage systems owned, managed and operated by Irish Water require a waste water discharge licence or certificate of authorisation from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  The authorisation process provides for the EPA to place stringent conditions on the operation of such discharges to ensure that potential effects on the receiving water bodies are...

Written Answers — Air Pollution: Air Pollution (11 May 2005)

Batt O'Keeffe: Air quality assessment is a matter for the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, and air quality management is a matter for local authorities informed by air quality measurement data. The EPA's 2002 annual report on air quality monitoring contains details of the monitoring and assessment of national air quality. It incorporates data from all air quality monitoring stations operated by the EPA...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

John Ellis: ...Prior to its being returned to the House, would it be possible to obtain clarification from the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, of the prescribed limits relating to discharges from sewage treatment units? I am reliably informed that the EPA is not in a position to provide a definitive indication regarding acceptable...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reviews (19 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...Review Q4 2022 Sustainable Mobility Policy Review Q1 2022 Roadside emissions in Dublin: measurements and projections (RED-MAP) (co-funded with the EPA) Q1 2022 Five Year Assessment Report (5YAR) - Writer Support Award – Volume 4 (Realising the benefits of transition and transformation) (Co-funded with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Enforcement (8 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) already closely monitors the agriculture sector.  The Industrial Emissions Directive, 2010/75/EU (IED), is the primary instrument in place to control and mitigate the environmental and human health impacts arising from industrial emissions in Ireland. Under both the IEC and the 1992 EPA Act, activities that require an Integrated Pollution...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Inspections (13 Mar 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 assigns responsibility to the EPA to make a National Inspection Plan for domestic wastewater treatment systems. The National Inspection Plan 2013: Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems was adopted and published by the EPA in February 2013. The Plan provides for a minimum of 1,000 inspections to be carried out by the water services authorities (which...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment Facilities Inspections (11 Mar 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 assigns responsibility to the EPA to make a National Inspection Plan for domestic wastewater treatment systems. The National Inspection Plan 2013: Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems was adopted and published by the EPA in February 2013. The Plan provides for a minimum of 1,000 inspections to be carried out by the water services authorities (which...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department published its Statement of Strategy, Le Cheile 23, in 2021. The Strategy sets out the five Strategic Goals for the Department up to the year 2023. Strategic Goal 2, the Transition to a Circular Economy and protecting and restoring our environmentidentified 10 specific areas of environmental engagement. Full details of the Statement of Strategy, and the associated actions...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air Pollution (11 Feb 2014)

Phil Hogan: The site in question operates under an IPC licence granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The monitoring and enforcement of conditions attaching to IPC licences are a matter for the EPA. All documents relating to individual IPC licences, including inspection information, are available to view on the EPA’s website at . Under the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992,...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (14 Oct 2015)

James Heffernan: ...threaten to cut funding. If anything, additional funding should be provided to institutions which have a green agenda. I have raised concerns previously about the Environmental Protection Authority, EPA, including actions it has taken and its governance mechanism. The EPA cannot be trusted to do what it is supposed to do, namely, protect the environment. At times, its agenda appears to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (28 Feb 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: ...operating the provisions of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, and as such is required to respond to the complex decision-making needs of people with capacity difficulties. My Department is only able to provide figures of the numbers of applications of Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs) made to the Decision Support Service since the commencement of the Assisted...

Written Answers — Water Pollution: Water Pollution (7 May 2009)

John Gormley: The EPA reports on Water Quality in Ireland present a review of water quality in various water bodies, including groundwaters, and identify suspected causes of pollution. The EPA also provides details of the quality of urban waste water discharges and sewage sludges in its reports on Urban Waste Water Discharges in Ireland. Local authorities are responsible for the operation and maintenance...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

James Heffernan: ...not being delivered. I rise to discuss the issue of the Aughinish Alumina plant in Askeaton in west Limerick. No bond against the company has been secured by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. The bauxite waste pools contain corrosive elements and irritants. Should an accident occur, the potential consequence would put Haulbowline in the ha'penny place. The director general of...

Written Answers — Air Quality: Air Quality (14 Oct 2009)

John Gormley: ...in ambient air (2009). Where the indicative level for any pollutant is exceeded, the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2002 require the local authority concerned, following notification by the EPA, to develop a long-term air quality management plan to ensure compliance with the thresholds for the relevant pollutant or pollutants. The EPA reports the results of the air quality monitoring...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Protection Agency Remit (14 Oct 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Alan Kelly: The facility in question operates under an Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) licence granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The monitoring and enforcement of conditions attaching to IPC licences are a matter for the EPA. All documents relating to individual IPC licences, including inspection information, are available to view on the EPA’s website at . Under the...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (28 Apr 2010)

John Gormley: I have received correspondence in relation to this particular landfill facility , which is licensed to operate by the EPA, as is required under section 39(1) of the Waste Management Act 1996 (as amended). The monitoring of compliance with the conditions of the licence is solely a matter for the EPA and is not one in which the Minister has a role. Indeed, section 60(3) of the Waste Management...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (18 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are to be found in Irelands’ National Inventory Report. This is compiled and submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annually to the UNFCCC. The latest report and the supporting information for the period 1990 to 2021 is publicly available on the EPA website (www.epa.ie). There are three tiers of...