Results 1-15 of 15 for epa speaker:Robert Troy

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (16 Dec 2020)

Robert Troy: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of EPA end-of-waste applications (details supplied). [43640/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (16 Dec 2020)

Robert Troy: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will remedy extensive delays in the processing time of EPA end-of-waste applications; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some applications have been lodged with the EPA for in excess of two years and have still not received a decision. [43641/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (11 Jul 2019)

Robert Troy: ...? When will we have a decision on that application? My understanding, and the Minster mentioned this in his reply, is that it will be as soon as possible. There are no statutory limits that the EPA must meet to make a decision within a specified time, in the same way as there are on the county councils and An Bord Pleanála. We need to have something like that. There is a need for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (11 Jul 2019)

Robert Troy: ...off 148 people will have a devastating impact on those to be laid off, their families, the community of Lanesborough and much further afield. To my mind, the State bodies, comprising the ESB, the EPA and Bord na Móna, have been negligent in their attitude in dealing with these employees. They have failed them. They have failed loyal employees who have worked hard for the State;...

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

Robert Troy: ...should put in place the necessary monitoring tools. What measures will be introduced to ensure openness and transparency for all stakeholders? When we compare Fingal County Council with the EPA and CAR, the two alternatives suggested, the former is subject to an appeals process under An Bord Pleanála and to judicial review. If stakeholders are not happy with a decision, they can...

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

Robert Troy: ...reasons given for designating Fingal County Council as the competent authority as opposed to other entities such as the Commission for Aviation Regulation, CAR, and the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, was the council's capacity to build a Chinese wall and have a dedicated, independent body operating within the organisation. For this reason, we have tabled specific amendments on this...

Promoting Cycling: Motion [Private Members] (19 Dec 2018)

Robert Troy: ...country; — place cycling infrastructure at the heart of transport infrastructure planning by appointing a dedicated cycling officer to every local authority at an appropriate level of seniority, and by establishing a dedicated cycling division within the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to coordinate activity and projects across all departments; — introduce cycle...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Agency Licences (6 Nov 2018)

Robert Troy: 808. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason there are no time limits for the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to process environmental licence applications; and his plans to change this and introduce strict time limits. [45687/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Agency Licences (12 Jul 2018)

Robert Troy: 604. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the length of time the EPA has to consider a licence application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32070/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Noise Pollution Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Robert Troy: ...came into effect in 2016. It is now 2018 and we are still discussing the matter. He cannot even give a timeframe for when his draft legislation will come before the House. First it was the EPA and then the IAA. I questioned the Minister repeatedly and the only difficulty he mentioned was that he was awaiting independent legal advice on whether a statutory instrument or primary...

Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Policy (26 Sep 2017)

Robert Troy: ..., mostly coming from the Office of the Attorney General. What other legal advice has he sought? Has a senior counsel been brought on board? Has the DAA or the IAA given legal advice to the Department? The Minister said he has no intention of making any changes, but the route to get there may change. He is trying to muddy the waters. I will ask some very straight questions and I...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: EU Directives (16 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: 138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the EPA nitrates directive will be reviewed. [7806/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management Regulations (26 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: ...operators may not have registered, financially they equate to less than 5% of the total tyre activity in the market. The Minister also said a large proportion of waste tyres were stockpiled. The EPA confirmed that the five largest stockpiles since 2007 were on sites of licensed waste collectors, not dumped in ditches around the place, which no one would condone. The Minister of State...

Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management Regulations (26 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: ...some serious questions still remain unanswered. Since I last highlighted this issue on the floor of the Dáil, both of the representative bodies that had been engaged in the negotiations with the Department have pulled out of those negotiations. At the outset, I want to clear up some of the misinformation that is out there. It has been suggested that this proposal has been made...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Robert Troy: ...will give rise? Why does the Bill state, "The Minister may, following consultation with the Agency, make regulations for the purposes of this Part"? Is the Minister honestly suggesting the EPA is not going to advise him to opt for its standards? Is he stating the EPA is going to suggest a less stringent set of standards will apply? Does he not agree that the agency will suggest the...