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Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...spin. The last thing we need is the public thinking that this Government is making progress on the climate crisis. We are certainly not making the kind of progress that we need to see and it is not just me saying that, but the EPA and the Climate Change Advisory Council. It will be clear to anybody who can read any of their reports that the Government is not doing enough when it comes...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (1 Oct 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: ...(DSS) has statutory responsibility for the operation of many of the provisions of the Act and commenced its operations in April 2023. Since then, I have personally, along with officials in my Department, met with and corresponded extensively with the DSS and other stakeholders in relation to Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs) and associated issues. In addition an Inter-Departmental...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community:

I welcome our guests. I remind people of their privileges and that they cannot participate if they are outside of Leinster House, etc. Those giving evidence have to be physically present within the grounds of Leinster House and should not criticise or make charges against any person, or identify him or her by name or in such a way that makes him or her identifiable. I think we all understand that.

I propose that we publish the opening statements from our witnesses. Is that agreed? Agreed. I suggest that we invite our witnesses to speak for five or ten minutes and that we allow members to ask questions and make comments for approximately five minutes. Members may ask more questions after everybody gets an opportunity to speak.

The committee is looking at Travellers' experience of the justice system. Today we will focus on Travellers in prison. The committee has already visited Castlerea Prison, Mountjoy Female Prison - the Dóchas Centre - and Oberstown Children Detention Campus. Travellers represent less than 1% of the population yet we make up 8% of male prisoners, 16% of female prisoners and 21% of children detained. The committee looks forward to hearing from our witnesses about this very important subject. We would like to hear about the experience of Travellers dealing with the justice system, including prison, and how we can make things better.

We are grateful to our witnesses for coming here today. They include representatives of the Irish Penal Reform Trust, the Traveller Justice Initiative, the Traveller Mediation Service and Barnardos.

Our witnesses are all very welcome here today.

It is very important for us as a committee to examine the justice system and, most importantly, why there are so many Travellers in prison in this country and what supports we need for Travellers. I am sure we all know the answers but it is important we document those answers and that this committee has a responsibility to work with the Traveller community.

We will begin with one quote a young man said to me in 2020. It was his first time to be in court and he was very nervous. I said to him he will be okay and that everything will be fine. He said, "No Eileen, I am already guilty." I said no, he would not be and that was up to the judge. He said, "I am guilty on the basis of being a member of the Traveller community." I want us all to be mindful of that before we start.

I will open it up to our witnesses. I ask Ms Saoirse Brady to begin.

(26 Sep 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

...notices, there was considerable underinvestment in our treatment plants for a number of years, but we are catching up and prioritising the areas that are most at risk of boil water notices. The EPA report at the end of 2023 referred to approximately 90 boil water notices across the country, impacting 230,000 people. This year, to date, we are down to approximately 23 boil water notices,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In May of this year, together with Minister O'Brien, under whose Department the Nitrates Regulations sit, I brought a Memo to Cabinet on the topic of renewal of Ireland's Nitrates Derogation and my intention to publish a planned approach to building a case for that renewal. I sought a whole of Government approach in support of this aim and was pleased that this support was unequivocally...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...see the positive progress that Agriculture has made in reducing emissions. This result reflects the work that farmers are putting in on the ground and the Government supports in place to incentive this work. The EPA report details that this reduction was primarily due to an 18% reduction in chemical fertiliser nitrogen, a 26.6% decrease in liming and a 2.1% reduction in Methane...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: .... It is implemented in Ireland through our Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) and the Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters (GAP) Regulations (SI 113 of 2022, as amended). The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage are responsible for the NAP and my officials work closely with them on its development and implementation. In implementing the Nitrates...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Union (26 Sep 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...body for investigating complaints of pollution and for the enforcement, both directly and through oversight of Uisce Éireann and local authorities, of environmental legislation, including compliance. The EPA is an independent public body established under the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Remits of Committees: European Court of Auditors (25 Sep 2024)

Brian Leddin: ...it is to achieve it. It is still appropriate that we have the ambitious target. We are becoming more innovative. The system is evolving and morphing to meet that very significant challenge. The EPA would acknowledge that the 29% is pretty much where Ireland is going but there is an uncertainty piece that might take us much closer to the 51% if things go our way. This Oireachtas passed...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Sep 2024)

Michael Collins: ...due again to an age-old wastewater treatment plant bursting at the seems, as photographs show suspended solids clearly visible. Again, Uisce Éireann says it will be another five to ten years before repairs are carried out. Further west, the wastewater tank in Goleen is more than 25 years waiting for a replacement and raw sewage is entering into the tide running beside it. This is a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Roderic O'Gorman: I absolutely hear the Deputy's valid concerns about the risks here, particularly in respect of those two pipes, the structural integrity of one and the risks there, as identified by the EPA. I am happy to bring those concerns forward. I think the investment Irish Water has undertaken nationally and the investment it will be able to undertake with additional capital funding will allow the...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...Flynn have tabled six amendments to amendment No. 186. I cannot accept these amendments which would have the effect of removing the limitation on planning authorities and the commission from attaching conditions controlling emissions for an activity that is an EPA licence and in fact mandate that such conditions should be attached. The purpose of this limitation is to distinguish the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...the necessary statutory approvals. Noise mitigation measures for new National Roads projects are funded through the overall allocation for the road project in question. As such, the need for a separate fund does not arise. With regard to existing National Roads, the amended European Communities (Environmental Noise Regulations) 2018 (S.I. No. 549) deal with the requirements to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Sep 2024) See 11 other results from this debate

Brian Leddin: ...and Whitmore. The purpose of today's meeting is to have a discussion in advance of the next iteration of the climate action plan, subsequent to the Climate Change Advisory Council, CCAC, and EPA reports from earlier in the summer. On behalf of the committee, I am very happy to welcome the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and his officials to the meeting. Before we begin, I will read the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (18 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: .... The Agency is an independent corporate entity having full responsibility under law for the performance of its functions and the discharge of its governance and other responsibilities. The EPA Staff compliment is comprised of several different grade levels. The table below sets out the average full years cost for each of these grades. EPA Grade Level Salary Level -...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 81 to 83, inclusive, and 128 together. The Electricity Storage Policy Framework for Ireland was published on my departments website on Thursday the 4th of July. The Policy Framework addresses the role of grid-scale electricity storage on the grid network in the immediate and near term, outlining the present roles, technical processes, market positions and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (9 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...including conformity assessment procedures. At present the national enforcement of the Batteries Regulations and the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) Regulations is led by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and local authorities. The EPA enforce the obligations set out in these regulations on producers. (Any person who places batteries and/or electrical and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (9 Sep 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Richard O'Donoghue: 811.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the EPA is the body responsible for assessing the impact on human health of new WEDGs; if not, to confirm the competent body that is (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34687/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (9 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I have personally, along with officials in my Department, met with and corresponded extensively with both the Decision Support Service (DSS) and the Law Society of Ireland in relation to Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs) and associated issues. From these engagements, it is clear that both organisations are committed to the optimal operation of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...wood can also cause damage to solid fuel appliances. The wood can be air dried and as such special equipment is not necessarily required. All producers must however be certified and registered with the EPA. More details can be found at and . Prosecutions under the Solid Fuel Regulations are brought in accordance with the Air Pollution Act, 1987 which provides for a range of fines of up to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland's emissions and removals in relation to the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector are estimated by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) and reported annually in Ireland's National Inventory Report for greenhouse gas emissions. The emission and removal estimates are calculated in accordance with guidelines and methodologies provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on...