Results 1-13 of 13 for epa speaker:Tom Hayes

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: ...would be issued by the Minister. One of the central reasons for the existence of the RPII, and for its predecessor, the Nuclear Energy Board, and the office of radiological protection within the EPA in future, is that the State needs an expert body competent to license all matters relating to radioactive substances and devices. In any event, section 30 of the Radiological Protection Act...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: ...the environment from any possible deliberate harmful release of nuclear materials or radiation through sabotage of a nuclear facility. I stress to the House that the merger of the RPII and the EPA will not in any way result in a diminution of our commitment to radiological protection of the Irish public. The merging of the two organisations will enhance our capacity to continue to...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: ...,000 on indictment. It should be noted also that the new subsection 34A(6) that this section will insert into the Radiological Protection Act 1991 makes assistance and co-operation with the RPII and the EPA in the implementation of a contingency plan a condition of the relevant licence to hold a nuclear material or operate a nuclear facility. In any case, it is not legally possible to...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: ...lead. Section 30(4E) allows the Minister to make regulations, if so desired, to specify such materials as not requiring the full protection of the convention, after consultation with the RPII-EPA. On Committee Stage, the Deputy expressed a concern that all necessary elements of the amendments to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Facilities be...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: In the course of drafting this Bill, the Department, in consultation with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, examined the matter of timing of these plans in some detail and concluded that it would not be appropriate or, indeed, advisable to insert any time period for the creation of such contingency plans. The purpose of these plans is to put contingencies in place to protect the...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: The EPA is an independent organisation. It is not possible to put this single division on a statutory basis. The Deputy suggested that the figure of €260,000 has jumped out of the air. That figure was arrived at in the Department. The fact is that this will come to €1 million over four years. The Deputy talks here about giving more money to the poor, the vulnerable and...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: It was determined at the commencement of the merger process that the most efficient and cost-effective way to enable the merger was to establish a fifth office within the EPA structure, the office of radiological protection. Section 19(3) of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 sets out that “The Agency shall consist of a Director General and four other directors”. It...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (25 Feb 2014)

Tom Hayes: I reiterate what I stated. It is the job of the EPA and local authorities, not the forestry service, to look after the environment. If an environmental issue arose at a forest plantation tomorrow, I have no doubt the Department's forestry service would have to approach the EPA for advice and support. Therefore, it would be wrong to insert a reference to pollution in the Bill when the EPA...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (25 Feb 2014)

Tom Hayes: ...for status. More important, it is implicit, with the reference to ensuring compatibility with the requirements of the directive, that one of the functions of the Minister will be to ensure his Department plays its part in achieving the objectives of the directive as it pertains to water status. It should be noted that the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (25 Feb 2014)

Tom Hayes: The Deputy is correct to highlight the potential harmful effects of airborne pollution on forests and in accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992, the EPA is the body with primary responsibility for licensing of large or complex industries with significant pollution potential. Other licences are granted by local authorities and in all cases emissions must be within set...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Hydraulic Fracturing: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: We can write to the EPA and request it to consider that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Hydraulic Fracturing: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: I thank Ms Burke sincerely. Can I take it that no licences will be issued without the approval of the EPA?

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2008)

Tom Hayes: ..., and the Cashel gas line, which will be completed in the next few months. I have had many representations from large employers in the area indicating that the increased cost of fuel, as well as EPA directives about heavy oil usage, mean that switching to natural gas is a priority for them. I refer to creameries and private merchants among other employers. The connection of a gas line...