Results 1-14 of 14 for epa speaker:Matt Carthy

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: ...have gone through. There is undoubtedly going to be a role for this committee in following up this matter. Before Mr. Walshe made his comments in respect of the inspection regime within the Department, and notwithstanding that, I was struck by the thought that if there was any suspicion that a farm operation was causing pollution to another business or an adjoining property, that farmer...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: I wish to speak to amendment No. 1 in respect of applications to the EPA for licences. I highlight to the Minister of State an anomaly of which I am sure he has been made aware. It relates to polyethylene terephthalate, PET, plastics and the ludicrous situation whereby we have the facilities to recycle those plastics in this State, but according to information Deputies and Senators have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Farm Inspections (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: ...Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is proposed to have in place a State-wide local authority agricultural inspection programme in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15755/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: It is sitting there and has been harvested as such, with Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, approval.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: ...It is an incredibly interesting and important topic. Everybody will agree that we must protect our watercourses. Am I correct in saying nitrates, phosphorus and pesticides are the three areas the EPA is concerned about with respect to water quality?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: .... There will obviously be specific issues with each of them and not all of them are drinking water supplies. If they were drinking water supplies, would all 1,000 of them breach the standards the EPA has outlined for drinking water?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: This is my final question. The EPA touches generally in the national adaptation plan, NAP, process, on air quality. I understand the obligations from an EU perspective are very specific to water quality. What role does air quality play in terms of the deliberation on objectives specifically regarding the NAPs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: As an organisation, does the EPA have any contradictions or competing obligations in its role? One of the points that came up at our last meeting with hill farmers was the suggestion that even with very low density stocking rates there would still be an obligation to fence off watercourses, although the land designation would make that impossible without going through an awful rigmarole with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with the EPA regarding its guidelines which prevent the licensing or expansion of poultry within parts of counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43605/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his position on new EPA guidelines which prevent the licensing or expansion of any poultry within parts of counties Cavan and Monaghan; the length of time he expects this guidance will be in place; if a similar ban will put in place in other local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43602/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Discussion (20 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: The EPA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Discussion (20 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: The EPA was not doing its job, obviously.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Discussion (20 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: We are fairly straightforward in saying that the sector was not doing something. Why are we afraid to say that the EPA was not doing its job?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Enforcement (8 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if EPA licensing of dairy farms is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41314/20]