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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (14 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the publication of the latest EPA inventories. These are a clear indication that we need to double down on implementation of climate action measures and that the transport sector is important to our decarbonisation efforts. Improving sustainable transport infrastructure and services in all our cities, including Galway, is fundamental to reducing reliance on private car journeys and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Functions (14 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Departments Statement of Strategy 2021-2023, , sets out our vision for climate neutral, sustainable and digitally connected Ireland. This ambitious strategy is supported by enablers and a Department wide transformation programme, Ag Obair Le Chéile. The Department's sectors and divisions have been strategically aligned to delivery effective outcomes for the citizen, and I...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...of allowances available ensures that the allowances have a value.A list of operators holding greenhouse gas emitting permits, and the dates of issue of the permits, can be found at the following link: www.epa.ie/our-services/licensing/climate-change/eu-emission s-trading-system-/emissions-trading-system---stationary-inst allations/access-to-current-permits-/. It should be noted that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

...lot of our upland or coastal complexes. However, we have been building them over time, and there is the new land cover map that has been produced by Ordnance Survey Ireland in conjunction with the EPA. That will be released soon and will give us a much better resolution of the type of land cover across Ireland. We dealt with a much cruder map in previous times, so we should have a lot...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Roderic O'Gorman: I understand the thrust of amendments Nos. 9, 10 and 15, which seek to consider the means of the person and the financial burden imposed when setting fees and charges for co-decision-making and EPA arrangements under the Act. I assure Members that a thorough process was undertaken in regard to the setting of fees and charges under the Act to ensure that the costs would not be prohibitive to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on Climate Challenges: Discussion with Foróige and Comhairle na nÓg (3 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

...waste in productive ways. First, I will discuss recycling. Although Ireland is improving each year regarding how much waste is being recycled, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, people living in Ireland produce more than 14 million tonnes of waste each year. We cannot continue this. There are some important ways in which our policymakers can encourage people to...

Planning and Development Regulations (Amendment) (Solar Energy for Schools and Community Buildings) Bill 2022: First Stage (2 Jun 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: ...Stanley, brought forward similar legislation in 2019 and, in 2017, brought forward the Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill. This is the low-hanging fruit. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, said yesterday that there is climate rhetoric but not climate action and the Climate Change Advisory Council, CCAC, says the same. There is one word, and I note the Minister, Deputy Eamon...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Holly Cairns: The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, concluded there is a massive gap between the target of cutting emissions by 51% by 2030 and the actions needed to deliver on it. Even in the unlikely event that every measure in the climate policy and climate action plan is acted upon, emissions will fall by only 28% by 2030, just over half of this supposedly legally binding target. Let us be clear:...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Bríd Smith: Okay. I will follow up on an earlier line of argument in the context of how we are falling short of our commitments in respect of our emissions reduction targets. Yesterday’s EPA report shows that we are falling well short of what is in the climate action plan, which is law. Friends of the Earth issued a number of statements yesterday and did a very good job in pointing out many...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...question is on the sectoral carbon budgets, but more in line with how these fit with the building of a liquified natural gas, LNG, terminal. It is clear from the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, report this week that we have a serious problem in this regard. It stems not just from the failure to implement the Government's plan but from the Government's plan itself. Even if the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...It is hard to get people with the planning and other skills that are needed but it is absolutely central to all of this that we do so. The particular concern of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, in its report published yesterday was in regard to agriculture and transport. On the energy side, there is increasing confidence that we will meet the targets because the whole world is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...;  119  , 106     and 118  &#x a0; together. The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2021 was commenced on the 23 July 2021. Section 16 of the Act requires each Local Authority to prepare a climate action plan, specifying the mitigation and adaptation measures to be adopted by the Local Authority. Local Authorities will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ..., each public sector body will will be assigned an individual target to meet in accordance with an agreed methodology. An overall sectoral target of 51 percent will apply for schools. The SEAI and the EPA will collaborate in supporting public sector bodies in relation to targets, including publishing guidelines and establishing a new public sector monitoring and reporting system....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The State’s main tool for monitoring ambient air quality is the national Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme, which is operated and maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rather than by my Department. However, my Department has provided funding for a significant upgrade to the network in recent years, and the number of monitoring stations has increased from...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 and 186 together. The latest national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as reported publicly by the EPA for 2020 are 64.64 Mt CO2-eq of which the land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector contributed net GHG emissions of 6.93 Mt CO2-eq. To meet our climate objective to reduce GHG emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels, we must...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Radon Gas Levels (2 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that the offices accommodating my Department are not included in a high-risk area, as identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  Although these buildings are located in the lowest EPA risk rated area, the safety and health of all staff is the priority within my Department.  Results from the last Department programme of Radon Gas testing...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Radon Gas Levels (2 Jun 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that theoffices accommodating my Department are not included in a high-risk area for radon, as identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Further to this, the offices of my Department are located in the lowest EPA risk rated area.  Results from the latest radon gas test carried out by my Department showed no significant traces of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Radon Gas Levels (2 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...requirements that a building must achieve are set out in the Second Schedule to the Building Regulations. These requirements are set out in 12 parts classified as Parts A to M. Part C – Site Preparation and Resistance to Moisture (1997), requires that reasonable precautions shall be taken to avoid danger to health and safety caused by substances (including radon) found on or in the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Radon Gas Levels (2 Jun 2022)

Simon Coveney: Following the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report of last week, my Department noted that one of our offices is located in a high risk radon area. Accordingly, my Department is taking immediate steps to ensure that radon testing is undertaken both in that office and all of our home offices , in accordance with EPA requirements and our commitment to staff wellbeing and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Radon Gas Levels (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Department is aware that last week the EPA published new radon maps for Ireland that update the radon risk assessment for the country and the national reference level has been reduced to 300 Bq/m3 measured over a three-month period which was previously 400 Bq/m3 measured over a three-month period. Between 1998 and 2002, on behalf...