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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Programme for Government (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...characteristics of the land, consideration of emissions to air and water, carbon sequestration and climate adaption challenges.  The review is being overseen by a Steering Committee co-chaired by my Department and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC).  The steering committee is made up of representatives from my Department, Department of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Quality (24 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...processes using various feedstocks, both biological (e.g. Agricultural/forestry residues or Used Cooking Oil) and Synthetic (e.g. Green Hydrogen). Along with their European colleagues in the Aviation Working Party, officials from my Department have been working on the introduction of the RefuelEU Aviation initiative, a directly applicable Regulation that proposes the introduction of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

...there is a year so we should have the local authority plans in place by the end of 2023. There are a couple of reasons for us leaving it that late. We have worked with the local authorities, the EPA, Climate Ireland and the CAROs to devise a set of statutory guidelines. They will cover mitigation or adaptation annexes and set out how the local authority should go about doing this in a...

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Dara Calleary: ..., Deputy Noonan, and the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, on the funding secured and on the implementation plan relating to this report. The report is a credit to them, their advisers and the Department. Yesterday, I was struck by Deputy Whitmore's comment to the effect that the NPWS has moved around seven different locations. At least it now has a permanent home and can lay down...

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: ...30% of that will be community-owned energy which would be really positive. It states that data centres currently consume up to 11% of Ireland’s electricity. I love this one. According to the EPA, if you look at our energy and carbon emissions, 37% is from agriculture, 20% is from transport, 12% is from buildings, 15% is from energy and of that 15%, 14% is from data centres which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (19 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...elements and undertaking the characterisation and classification assessments for both surface and groundwater bodies. Under Regulation 10 of the 2003 Regulations, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been assigned the responsibility of developing the appropriate monitoring programmes to be applied by public authorities assigned a duty of monitoring by the EPA. Further details of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...and the campaign of Pat and Nuala Geoghegan, I have not gone over all of the documentation recently but, if my recollection is correct, there was significant work by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. I do not have the documents Deputy Paul Murphy says he has with regard to the Industrial Development Authority, IDA Ireland. The issue was examined from a health perspective and by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (17 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...are themselves responsible for allocating the appropriate staffing resources and finances to ensure they can fulfil all their air quality enforcement obligations, and they do not report to my Department in this regard. Similarly, my Department does not compile statistics in relation to number of complaints received, samples analysed, prosecutions taken or fines imposed. Local Authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (17 May 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The most recent projection of additional carbon tax revenues provided by my Department for the period 2021 to 2030 amounted to €9.2 billion, based on the Government’s commitment to increasing the amount that is charged per tonne of CO2 emissions from fuels to €100 by 2030. This is a key pillar underpinning the Government’s Climate Action Plan ambitions to halve...

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Security: Statements (12 May 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Verona Murphy: ...from highlighting the folly of expanding Dublin Port, for instance, and I have called numerous times for the Port Tunnel barrier to be removed to reduce emissions at what is the most problematic area, according to the EPA, and those issues are ignored. Instead we have the sacred cow of carbon tax being protected at all costs and increased again at a time when inflation in the cost of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on a Ban on Herbicides in Public Areas: Discussion (12 May 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Martin Browne: Has Mr. Walsh engaged with the EPA about this and, if so, what was its response? How do we compare with other countries in Europe?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...often feel ill and their well-being is significantly affected. Despite frequent meetings with Irish Water, things have not changed. The directive from the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, that Irish Water must address these issues urgently was answered this week by the latter when it said it will have the final critical improvements in place in 2027. We cannot wait another five...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 May 2022)

Damien English: ...Government, working with agencies, the banking sector and alternative finance providers offers additional targeted supports where there are market failures. Further information can be found on my Department’s website at: enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/supports-for-smes/access-to- finance/. The COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme makes €2 billion in lending available for working...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...polluters everywhere. I could name 25 villages in Tipperary waiting for sewerage infrastructure. They are belching raw sewage into streams and rivers. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, comes out, goes above the plant and takes the samples. It is a disgrace and the Government is then penalising people. People want to build houses on their own land but cannot get planning...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ..., and declarations of global warming potential for new buildings. New product requirements will ensure that the design and manufacture of construction products is based on state-of-the-art technology to make these more durable, repairable, recyclable, and easier to re-purpose.  These proposals align with the commitments in CAP 2021. EPA data indicates that greenhouse gas...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Quality (10 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...by the provisions of Sections 79(3) and 86(5) of the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992, as amended from becoming involved in any way with the licensing of installations under the EPA Act or in the control of installations so licensed.

Regulations for the Sale and Distribution of Turf: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2022) See 3 other results from this debate

Ossian Smyth: ...peat, which would be a highly inefficient and uncomfortable process. It is the emission factors, rather than the moisture content, of burning sod peat which is the primary concern in any event. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, research report, Emission Factors from Domestic-scale Solid-fuel Appliances, points to the fact that, of all the solid fuels tested, including bituminous...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: ...2014, has had statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local level. 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. However,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is mandated to produce annual national greenhouse gas inventories and projections to meet reporting obligations to the European Commission and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This evidence informs climate policy development by tracking progress against targets, highlighting national sectoral trends, and the main...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The national Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme is operated, maintained and monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rather than my Department. However, my Department has provided funding for a significant upgrade to the network in recent years, such that the number of monitoring stations has increased from 29 in 2017 to 102 today. All stations collect air quality data for...