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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Brian Leddin: My question is on subhead A3, which relates to the funding of the EPA. I welcome the Minister of State's note that the salaries have increased and there are 90 extra personnel in the EPA, which is very welcome. I hear frequently from all sectors of society that there is a slowness in the process of the EPA in terms of issuing licences, decision making and so on. We are in a situation in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...trends have occurred over the period 2021 - 2022, the maximum stocking rate for derogation farms must be reduced from 250kg to 220kg livestock manure nitrogen per hectare from 2024. The EPA undertook this review and provided the results as an Annex to their main report on Nitrogen and Phosphorous concentrations in Irish waters. In accordance with the Commission's Implementing Decision,...

Written Answers — Hydraulic Fracturing: Hydraulic Fracturing (7 Mar 2012)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...to advise the Deputy in the first instance that in relation to the specific issue of the potential use of hydraulic fracturing technology as part of a gas exploration or extraction project, my Department has not received applications for nor licensed the use of hydraulic fracturing in the Irish onshore at this time. I can advise the Deputy however that the European Commission has issued a...

Environmental Policy. (23 Oct 2008) See 1 other result from this debate

John Gormley: Deputy Tuffy is selective in quoting the comments of the director of the EPA at the launch because she went out of her way to thank me for the additional resources and staffing made available to the EPA. In regard to the Deputy's question of what can be done now, I have provided for record increases in the EPA's resources and staff complement at a time of major budgetary constraints. I did...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Agency (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The operation of the Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme (AAMP) network, including the selection of sites for monitoring stations, is the responsibility of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). I have been informed by the EPA that a permanent Tier 2 air quality monitoring station is due to be installed in Drogheda in the first half of this year. Furthermore, the EPA in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Air Quality (23 May 2017)

Denis Naughten: The EPA has undertaken a review of the current state of air quality monitoring and information provision in Ireland.  The outcome of this review was a decision to develop a new air quality monitoring programme which aims to enhance and build on the current arrangements.  The new national Ambient Air Monitoring Programme (AAMP) is being developed under Section 65 of the EPA...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003) See 12 other results from this debate

In regard to the EPA and the role of local authorities, I would like to touch on one example in the north Tipperary area. The Environmental Protection Agency took an initiative at an early stage of a huge environmental problem. It was a proper response to the huge environmental difficulties faced by the community of Silvermines, when a mining company left a tailings management facility in a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Protection Agency Licences (20 Mar 2018)

Damien English: ...relating to dumping at sea transferred from the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, who was then responsible for Dumping at Sea legislation, to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Since 2010, it is the function of the EPA to issue Dumping at Sea permits. The EPA exercises an independent statutory function in this regard and I have no role in the day to day administration...

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (25 May 2004)

Martin Cullen: Detailed information on the quality of drinking water is available in the reports published annually by the EPA on the quality of drinking water in Ireland. The reports are based on the results of monitoring carried out by local sanitary authorities, by local health boards and by the EPA and indicate the extent to which drinking water supplies comply with prescribed quality standards. The EPA...

Gas Exploration (18 Jan 2012)

Fergus O'Dowd: I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 and 14 together. In October 2011, the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, requested the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to conduct research and advise on the environmental implications of hydraulic fracturing as a means of extracting natural gas from underground reserves. The EPA is funding preliminary background research into the environmental aspects of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Plants (25 Apr 2018)

Denis Naughten: ...with the United Kingdom on radiological matters through a UK-Ireland Contact Group which meets biannually. The most recent meeting, held in Dublin on April 18, was attended by officials from my Department, the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the United Kingdom's Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: ...in oversight seeks, as the Bill stands, to dictate the terms of the oversight.That is contradictory. The expert advisory council may have things to say about the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, in the broader national interest, and the EPA will have to face up to that. Genuine independence for the council must be ensured and it should not have to operate as the Environmental...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2022)

Tom Clonan: We are asking that the introduction of a two-step mechanism to register enduring powers of attorney be set aside. We so request because requiring the registration of an EPA after execution will create additional legal work and costs, etc. Those additional costs might deter people from taking that step and that would not be in the public interest. It is estimated that 80% of EPAs in the UK...

Written Answers — Air Pollution: Air Pollution (27 Jan 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...); · carbon monoxide and benzene (2002); · ozone (2004); and · polyaromatic hydrocarbons, arsenic, nickel, cadmium and mercury in ambient air (2009). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has responsibility for the monitoring of Irish air quality. The EPA continually monitors a range of atmospheric pollutants via a network of air quality monitoring stations located around the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Agency (29 Apr 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The setting of budgets for individual Environmental Protection Agency ​ (EPA) programmes is a matter for the Agency as an independent statutory body. As Minister I have no role in the setting of specific operational budgets for the Agency. My Department provides annual funding to the EPA, in the form of an overall block grant to the Agency . In 2021,...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (14 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: The number of persons employed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (including the Director General and members of the Executive Board) who had basic salaries in excess of the amounts referred to in the Question are as follows: Year Ending >€100,000 >€150,000 >€200,000 >€250,000 2009 9 2 1 0 2010 6 1 0 0 The EPA does not pay any bonuses to staff. The board of the EPA is...

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (17 Oct 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I wish to inform the Deputy that I have had no contacts with the EPA in respect of any GM event. With regard to the application from BASF to the EPA earlier this year to trial a GM blight free potato at a farm in Co Meath my Department responded to the consultation process undertaken by the EPA. I am pleased to note that many of the issues raised by my Department were taken on board in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Pollution (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The primary responsibility for ensuring the prevention of pollution rests with the local authorities, which are in turn supervised by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for this purpose. The Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts 1977 and 1990 carry a general prohibition on the entry of any polluting matter to waters. Any persons causing or permitting polluting matter to enter waters...

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (24 Jun 2009)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 35, 53 and 156 together. The EPA's report, The Provision and Quality of Drinking Water in Ireland - A Report for the Years 2007-2008 published in April 2009, found that the quality of drinking water in Ireland is generally good and highlighted the progress which has been made in improving quality in recent years. While I am unaware of any water sources at risk...

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (19 Oct 2010)

John Gormley: In 2007, all water services authorities (the 34 County and City Councils) were asked by my Department to review the operation of all water treatment plants and associated infrastructure and to ensure that the installation of continuous chlorine alarms and turbidity meters at appropriate locations at the treatment plant or in the distribution network was progressed without delay. This request...