Results 1-18 of 18 for epa speaker:Shane Ross

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: ...at 20% of Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions, transport has a significant role to play in our decarbonisation effort. While transport emissions fell by 2.4% in 2017, indicative figures from the EPA show a small increase in emissions in 2018. As in all developed economies, transport is the sector with greatest emissions growth over recent decades, and globally transport emissions are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (17 Sep 2019)

Shane Ross: ...and are required to produce strategic noise maps and issue them to Fingal County Council as the relevant noise action planning body. This process is overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), also designated under the 2018 Regulations. As this is an operational matter for the daa, I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the daa for direct response.  If a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (3 Jul 2019)

Shane Ross: According to the most recent emission inventory from the EPA and using the SEAI energy balance, it is estimated that heavy-duty vehicles contributed just under 19% of the total land transport emissions in 2017, second only to emissions from private passenger cars. The Deputy correctly notes that diesel technology has become progressively cleaner and greener over the past decade with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Policy (22 May 2019)

Shane Ross: ...climate change, Ireland continues to coordinate an Action Plan for Aviation Emissions Reduction. An updated Action Plan has been completed and submitted to ICAO on May 10 and is now published on my Department's website. The measures outlined in the Action Plan 2019-2023 at national level include ongoing programmes of fleet renewal by Irish registered airlines, moving to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (22 May 2019)

Shane Ross: ...committing to no longer buying diesel-only urban buses from July this year.  A new All of Government Plan to Tackle Climate Disruption which will bring a required step-change in our national climate ambition over the next decade and beyond is in preparation.  My Department has worked closely with that of Minister Bruton in the development of the Plan to guarantee that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 May 2019)

Shane Ross: ...climate change, Ireland continues to coordinate an Action Plan for Aviation Emissions Reduction. An updated Action Plan has been completed and submitted to ICAO on May 10 and is now published by my Department on its website: The measures outlined in the Action Plan 2019-2023 at national level include ongoing programmes of fleet renewal by Irish registered airlines, moving to better...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I ask Deputies to accept that this is the best choice. It is the best fit. When we look at some of the arguments about the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, and the merits of having environmental or noise expertise, Fingal County Council wins hands down on those criteria.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I am happy to assist the Deputy on this issue if I can. The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has records of engagement with the EPA, which are being considered as part of a recent FOI request to my Department. In 2017, officials of my Department attended a meeting hosted by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Officials of the Department of Communications,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Noise Pollution (17 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: ...was no longer an option to be designated as the Noise Regulator for the purpose of EU Regulation 598/2014, a number of other options were considered. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was considered. The regulatory requirements in Regulation 598 are very different to the existing oversight, licencing, audit and inspection roles of the EPA. While it has an existing role...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: ...functions and has approximately 20 staff. It simply is not currently equipped to undertake the role of noise regulator within any reasonable timeframe. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, was also considered as an option. It has a statutory remit in regard to environmental protection. It has an oversight role in terms of ensuring compliance by State bodies under the...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: ...happy with Fingal's decision and ultimately there is a right to judicial review. We have an enormous number of safeguards. On the issue raised by Deputy Coppinger, I am sure she is right that the EPA fulfils some of the functions, and it does extraordinarily good work, but it does not fulfil others. It appears that, comprehensively, Fingal County Council fulfils more at present....

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: ...provides for a new regulatory regime to assess, monitor and enforce noise management at Dublin Airport. We have had various suggestions about the competent authority here today. People have suggested the EPA; the Commission for Aviation Regulation, CAR; and the Irish Aviation Authority, IAA, in a post-split situation. All of them have a bit to offer and all of them have merit but on...

Climate Change: Statements (7 Dec 2017)

Shane Ross: ...so than now for our transport sector. Ireland is not unique in this. Across Europe, transport accounts for nearly 27% of all non-emissions trading system, ETS, emissions. Recent reports from the EPA have indicated a further growth in transport emissions by almost 4% in 2016. The progress we made in reducing transport emissions by 25% between 2007 and 2012 is being eroded by significant...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (22 Nov 2017)

Shane Ross: ..., in parallel with an approach to carbon neutrality in the agriculture and land-use sector. The transport sector will play a strong role in contributing to our national emissions reduction effort. The EPA projects that by 2020 transport will have increased its sectoral share of greenhouse gas emissions to 29%, rising further to 32% by 2030. Though not unexpected...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 May 2017)

Shane Ross: ...to the EU emissions reduction commitments in line with the Paris agreement and the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015, a low-carbon development strategy is being developed. My Department is working closely with the Departments of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and Agriculture, Food and the Marine to prepare this national mitigation plan. The responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (5 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: ...and Environment is responsible, including action against illegal activity, is a matter for local authorities and the Office of Environmental Enforcement within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). I understand that Meath County Council submitted a report on alleged unauthorised dumping adjacent to the R158 to the EPA on the 10thJuly 2014. As the Statutory Agency with...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2011)

Shane Ross: ...Fáil for it. Of course it can blame Fianna Fáil for it but it has inherited this mantle and accepted it and it is running with it. The Government could cut back in other areas such as the EPA. Every week there is public waste, and the EPA was exposed at the weekend by a newspaper with which I have an association. There has been spending galore on unnecessary things. Why can the...

Seanad: Nitrates Directive: Motion. (1 Mar 2006)

Shane Ross: ...Minister on what he did today. Farmers do pollute the environment. Let us spell it out and hear Fine Gael state it. Farmers are not the only people who pollute the environment but they do so. The EPA has found that they do so.