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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The national air quality monitoring network is operated, maintained, and monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme (AAMP), which is funded by my Department. The EPA decide the most appropriate locations for monitors based on best practice and EU requirements, and questions in relation to proposed sites may be addressed to them...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...Whitestown, is the legal responsibility of the respective local authorities. Local Authorities must comply with the remediation requirements in accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) waste licence regime. The Government established a landfill remediation funding programme with the express purposes of assisting local authorities in recognition of the significant financial...

Affordable Electricity: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: .... These were targeted at the most vulnerable in society. The regulator also played an important role in protecting consumers, including the introduction of a winter disconnection moratorium for all domestic electricity consumers from the start of December 2023 to the end of January 2024 and an extended moratorium for vulnerable customers, the introduction of extended debt repayment plans...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)

...co-operation through An Garda Síochána. We held a joint protocol workshop recently in Templemore, which was well received in the senior ranks of the Garda. We co-operate with the IFI, EPA and other organisations such as the Regional Veterinary Laboratory, State Laboratory, Revenue, Customs and ISPCA and they co-operate with us. We are seeing a sea change in the application of...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Eamon Ryan: I thank the committee for the opportunity to present the 2024 Further Revised Estimates for programmes A, B and C of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. The further Revised Estimate was required due to the recent transfer of marine planning-related functions from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, to my Department. These functions include...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Long-Duration Energy Storage: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)

...a secure, carbon-free electricity system on the island of Ireland by 2035. The climate action plan has set ambitious targets for carbon emission reductions in the electricity sector by 2030. However, the EPA recently projected that we will overshoot our carbon budgets this decade by nearly 5 million tonnes of CO2, even with onshore and offshore wind and solar PV providing 80% of our...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Turbary Rights (25 Jun 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...Area (SPA), or candidate area, designated under the Habitats Directive) requires an Appropriate Assessment. Landowners or occupiers should contact the local National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department before undertaking any of the works listed at Schedule 4 of S.I. No. 329 of 2023 and it can advise further. Commercial peat extraction involving a new or extended area of 30...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Duncan Smith: What is the DAA's level of engagement with either the EPA or Fingal County Council in relation to the placement of noise monitors and air pollution monitors? Can we get more of them placed in areas such as south Swords and St. Margaret's where residents are calling for them?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (19 Jun 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Sherlock: .... I feel sorry for the people of that region who have invested so much in the upkeep of that river as a major tributary of the River Blackwater. I have questions for the Minister. I wish to know whether the EPA, as the environmental regulator of Uisce Éireann, has the power to prosecute if it finds that there is fault at play here because if it is the case that Uisce Éireann...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Niamh Smyth: I wish to extend my sincere thanks and gratitude to the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, on his departure as leader of the Green Party. Last night, I was at a well attended, large public meeting in the Killygarry Community Centre, County Cavan. Gathered were people from the Shankill lower and Pottle area in Cavan where two sites are proposed for the development of battery energy storage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

Mr. Niall McLoughlin: I thank Senator O'Reilly. That is feedback that we receive in the Department too. It is critical in how we formulate our next iteration of the circular economy strategy. That upward feedback is important and we deal with a number of different businesses, including medium, small and indeed some larger businesses. A number of supports are available to them. I point...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Current Progress and Future Projections of Uisce Éireann Objectives: Uisce Éireann (18 Jun 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

...we immediately informed the relevant bodies and are co-operating fully with Inland Fisheries Ireland in relation to the investigation and the clean-up of this incident. We are also talking with the EPA and the National Parks and Wildlife Service and measures have been taken to ensure there can be no further discharge from this plant. We would like to assure the community that there has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (18 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Carbon Farming Working group was established in August 2023 and has representatives from Bord Bia, Teagasc, Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM), EIT Climate KIC, Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), Irish Co-operative Sector (ICOS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Economic and Social Council (NESC) and the Department of Environment, Communication and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (18 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...for farmers to also adhere to the GAP Regulation requirements regarding circumstances when nutrients must not be applied during the open period. As highlighted by the recently published EPA Report "Water Quality in 2023 - An Indicators Report" the levels of nitrate and phosphorous in many of our waters are too high. From an agricultural perspective we need to all work together to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Septic Tanks (13 Jun 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Thomas Byrne: ...there are identified water pollution risks. However, it should be noted that, under the Water Services Act, the owner of a system is responsible for its maintenance and for keeping it in good repair. The local authorities have a key role in the administration of the grants in their areas, and they work with the EPA to implement the national inspection plan. The Minister, Deputy O'Brien,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Steven Matthews: ...the legislation and guidelines we enact here in the Oireachtas and at local authority level. It does not have an agenda except to ensure we are doing what we set out to do. I see criticism of the EPA in the same way. It is very odd to see science being criticised when it does not suit people's narrative or agenda. As for the tenant in situ scheme, a number of those really hardworking...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation (Transfer of Functions) Bill 2024: First Stage (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: ...Protection Agency; and to provide for connected matters. The Bill is about transferring the functions of aircraft noise from Fingal County Council to the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. It is in response to the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019, which the Labour Party opposed at the time. This is a longstanding position of the Labour Party. We believe the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Tim Lombard: .... I do not want to prejudge anything, but it looked absolutely shocking and I welcome the investigation. The main reason for my standing is to request a debate on where we are going given the new EPA report published this week on water quality. It gave figures showing there is no significant improvement in water quality. This comes off the back of the significant work done by the...