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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mining Industry (7 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Ninety-two Prospecting Licences have been granted by my Department since January 2020.  A Prospecting Licence allows the holder to prospect or explore for specified minerals in a defined geographic area and does not give the holder permission to undertake mining activities.  My Department has received submissions as part of Prospecting Licence public consultations. Potential...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (7 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: European, national and regional waste management policy is predicated on the waste hierarchy as set out in Article 4 of the 2008 Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC), whereby the prevention, preparing for reuse, recycling and other recovery of waste are preferred options to the disposal or landfilling of waste.  The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy launched in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2022-2027: Discussion (7 Apr 2022) See 15 other results from this debate

Steven Matthews: ...on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the House or an official either by name or in such a way as to make him or her identifiable. We also invited the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to the meeting but its representatives were unable to attend at this time. I hoped they would be able to frame or outline the river basin management plans. I will read my outline....

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Michael Fitzmaurice: It is a wonder that the EPA does not know that with new vehicles it bought.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (6 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...a view to finalising and publishing the strategy later this year. With respect to air quality monitoring, the Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme operated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has undergone a significant expansion between 2017-2022, supported by funding of approximately €5 million from my Department. The network has increased from 29 monitoring...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...living crisis that is biting so deep into so many households across our communities. At the weekend, we heard very worrying news regarding emissions here. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, confirmed the extent to which our emissions are heading in the wrong direction and the extent to which we are seeing delays in ensuring that we are moving to meet our emissions reduction...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (5 Apr 2022)

Ossian Smyth: In December 2021, the existing National Waste Prevention Programme, which is operated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was revised and restructured into a national Circular Economy Programme. The new programme was published on 16 December in tandem with the All of Government Circular Economy Strategy. The Circular Economy Programme, which together with the Circular Economy...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 907 and 906 together. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's (DAFM) approach to protecting European sites has evolved significantly since the publication of the Natura Impact Statement (NIS) for the Forestry programme 2014 – 2020. The Appropriate Assessment procedures and subsequent mitigation measures in place today go beyond those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

...construction side and what I will term his own circular economy and the opportunities there. As I explained in responding to the last question, the waste area in the circular economy is under the EPA as opposed to the SEAI. However, I see that coming increasingly to the fore. Where it is coming more to the fore, and it is an area that is directly related to the SEAI, is through green...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...are end-of-waste stuff, so they should go to a tip. The council will threaten to take the person to court if he or she continues with what he or she is doing. That is the current mentality. To be blunt, the EPA has done absolutely nothing but put burdens on people. I know several people in the construction business who have gone to great lengths over the past two or three years to try...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (31 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...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 the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) . The steering committee is made up of representatives from DAFM, DECC, EPA, DHLGH...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mining Industry (31 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: There has been no application received for a mining licence near Thurles, County Tipperary. My Department previously published a notice of intention to grant Prospecting Licences in this area for a thirty day public consultation, which closed on 21 January 2022. The current application to grant Prospecting Licences remains under consideration by my Department and no final decision has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (31 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Office of Government Procurement (OGP) is the office, operating under the aegis of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, which is responsible for public procurement. The broader guidance issued to public bodies is contained within the Action Plan on Green Public Procurement which falls within the remit of Department of Environment, Climate and Communications. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

...of the legislation classifying these materials as waste rather than as by-products, which would make it more usable for all farmers. Endorsement from Bord Bia, the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine would be needed to allow all farmers access to these products and to let them use them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

...of the legislation classifying these materials as waste rather than as by-products, which would make it more usable for all farmers. Endorsement from Bord Bia, the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine would be needed to allow all farmers access to these products and to let them use them.

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Jennifer Whitmore: ...in June 2021. The report was subsequently published in December 2021. We met many stakeholders who provided evidence from a broad range of perspectives, including representatives of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, VOICE Ireland, the European Environmental Bureau, EEB, and CIRCULÉIRE. The backdrop to this new policy is the Climate Action and Low Carbon...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (29 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 324 to 329, inclusive, together. The EPA reports in the Bathing Water Quality in Ireland 2020 report that 96% of bathing waters met or exceeded the minimum required standard, up from 95% in 2019. I was pleased to see the continued improvements in the quality of our bathing waters, especially those bathing waters that are meeting or exceeding the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...to assist in developing public procurement in the organic sector will be an item on the agenda. The Office of Government Procurement (OGP) is the Office, operating under the aegis of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, which is responsible for public procurement. The broader guidance issued to public bodies is contained within the Action Plan on Green Public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Challenges: Discussion (29 Mar 2022)

...of leakage rate is 1.4%. Just last week a study revealed that the leakage rate in the second largest shale gas production basin in the US, the Permian Basin, is 9.4% which is more than six times the EPA estimate. There are other wildly varying estimates, depending on the gas basin in question. For this reason, this committee should recommend that the Irish Government enshrines in law...