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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023) See 35 other results from this debate

Jackie Cahill: .... These negotiations have been going on for a while. I am disappointed. I feel there is a view that a reduction in our derogation level is inevitable. There is a defeatist attitude in the Department. As Mr. Callanan stated, we have taken new measures in the past 12 to 18 months which are putting extra onus on derogation farmers but will bear fruit going forward. The farming...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

...a debate on what can be done with the limited resources we have in the courts, the new maritime area regulatory authority, An Bord Pleanála, the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities and the EPA. They are all poaching staff from each other. It is a kind of an in-joke, but it is not funny. We are desperately under-resourced on the regulatory side.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...operation of Whitegate regional public water supply is a matter for Uisce Éireann, which, since 1 January 2014, has had statutory responsibility for it. In turn, the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, as the environmental regulator, is responsible for setting quality standards and enforcing compliance with EU directives and national regulations for the provision of drinking water....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (4 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions being taken by Inland Fisheries Ireland and the EPA in relation to an ongoing fuel leak into the Slaney river below the waterworks at Tullow; whether the impact of this oil leak on the SAC, in particular the pearl mussel and salmon populations, has been ascertained; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm that, in light of the recent EPA emissions projections and the subsequent confirmation by his Department that any overrun of total greenhouse gas emissions in excess of the 2021-25 carbon budget will be subtracted from the 2026-2030 carbon budget, the 2024 Climate Action Plan will introduce...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm that the projected carbon emissions data provided by the EPA for the cumulative carbon budget period 2021-2030 may, if realised, entirely eliminate the 2031–2035 carbon budget provisionally proposed by the Climate Change Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32266/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (4 Jul 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Ireland’s Fifth Nitrates Action Programme, published in March 2022, commits to increasing Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine inspections of farms and to developing an enhanced local authority inspection and enforcement programme. In order to achieve this the National Agricultural Inspection Programme has been established and funded by my Department. This inspection and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (4 Jul 2023)

...work because they work in such a diverse area. A common approach to dealing with them will probably have to evolve. It can be seen that they all have different interests. The agencies under the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment have very much economic interests. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has an interest in emissions. More work will be needed on how to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: .... In that context, it is obviously essential that there be complete certainty that the Minister can impose the necessary and appropriate conditions. Following further review of section 28 as currently drafted, my Department has identified a number of improvements that should be made and this is the purpose of amendment No. 127. In particular, greater clarity is needed regarding powers...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...should be more of this in the Parliament. I also want to raise the issue of septic tanks. I note that 63% of septic tanks failed inspections last year in my county, County Kildare, according to the EPA. That has to be a concern for all of us because we all have to play our part in protecting our local environment. There is a good grant scheme to assist householders in carrying out...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Climate Change Policy (29 Jun 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...sectors by 20% by 2025 and 35% by 2030. These include emissions associated with heat generation in manufacturing and industrial processes produced in making products like cement. Alongside the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications, my Department has also committed to reducing emissions from the our commercial buildings stock by 20% by 2025 and 45% by 2030. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (29 Jun 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: ...(Capacity) Act, as amended, the Decision Support Service is the body responsible for the operation of the majority of the Act, including in relation to the making of Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs). The Decision Support Service (DSS) is responsible for the design and development of its own systems to deliver functions under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. The...

Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023) See 17 other results from this debate

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...been don, then it is good luck because it will not be done. There is no point in saying that it will be done. We should look at the end and how we solve the problem. I ask the Minister of State or the Department to look at that. If it is four times the €5, that is fine. We will not be jumping up and down about it. I live in an area that has one of the most pristine rivers...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...of Carlow and on the border of Laois there was a terrible smell all around the place. I believe some kind of sewage was being spread. I passed the details on to our local council and to the EPA but I received no answer back. This is just a small example but it is something that we have to be very mindful of. I know of people who were stuck in their homes and unable to open windows...

Culling the National Herd: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...somehow not up to it. We are up to it and the farmers of Ireland are well up to it. The Government should just leave them alone and not strangle them with all the red tape and schemes. The Department is not fit for purpose. We have word now from Europe that it will not provide further funding for TB eradication. That is going on for decades and billions have been spent on it, but a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Quality (28 Jun 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Róisín Garvey: ...xe1;it as ucht teacht isteach. I am starting to sound like a broken record. I do not know how many times I have come in here with water issues but I will keep going. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, only has 11 enforcement officers for the entire country. The most recent EPA report on water shows we still have huge issues with water quality all over Ireland. In my county, we...

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...and how they operate. It was raised with me that there is no independent legal advice given to councillors in that regard. There is no access to reports and personnel from Irish Water, EirGrid or the EPA to allow councillors to make informed decisions. Councillors often have to rely on whoever they happen to know in those areas. My last point on transparency and access is that there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consolidation in Horticultural Grower Numbers: Discussion (28 Jun 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Joe Flaherty: On peat, there was a court case in the midlands earlier in June where the EPA had taken three growers to court. It was a major win for the producers in that the court established that three boglands were not technically and hydrologically connected. The EPA has continued to contend its flawed claim that bogland is hydrologically linked but unfortunately for it, it was unable to produce any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Ms Colette Bennett: We wish to thank the committee for the opportunity to speak with it today on the subject of the sustainable development goals and the progress of individual Departments. This is obviously a very timely meeting in light of the voluntary national review and preparations for budget 2024. As the committee is no doubt aware, Social Justice Ireland publishes a sustainable...