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Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...of human rights and equality. Similarly, the Arts Council is interesting in that it has areas of research and has disbursed funding for research and could be doing so in partnership with this agency. I acknowledge that the EPA is present on the list, but the Climate Change Advisory Council has another function. Crucially, I wish to signal that I will be bringing an amendment on Report...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (15 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...A contractor has been appointed to deliver the works on behalf of Uisce Éireann. Construction on this vital project is expected to begin in the second half of this year and will take approximately 22 months. My Department does not have any function regarding the deposit return scheme to which the Deputy referred. However, consumers who have been charged a deposit on a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (Resumed) (15 May 2024)

Ossian Smyth: I do not know which grant scheme this was. Many companies have been funded through a number of schemes. There is a scheme run by the EPA. There is a scheme called the circular economy innovation scheme. These schemes provide grants to companies to try to find innovative ways to use products that would otherwise end up as waste. These grants can be in the tens of thousands, or sometimes...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: ...that over the past 12 months, and over the past six months especially, this island has been rewetted sufficiently to worry some people. I appreciate the work that is being done. However, the EPA published a report recently that said we are doing very well, that praised the country and the Minister for their efforts, but that said more needs to be done. Well then, let us do it. Let us...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Catherine Connolly: ..., which the body in charge, and the local authorities. We have plans and conditions have been set as part of a licence which are not being complied with. These are not my words. This is what the EPA has outlined in its open compliance investigation. Either Uisce Éireann does not know what it is doing, which is not my way, it does not have enough staff or the Government is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Draft National Energy and Climate Plan: Discussion (14 May 2024)

...in this room by the special Committee on Climate Action. They were all pivotal moments. There has been a great deal of progress on governance and processes. Indeed, while we must wait to see the EPA figures, it looks like there has also been some progress on emissions now. We do not know to what degree that is a once-off versus a trend, but we can try to make it a trend. I believe...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...(mainly small industry) sectors (ETS II). The buildings and road transport sectors include the supply of fuels used for domestic heating and for road use. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be the competent authority for ETS II in Ireland. Directive 2023/959 provides that ETS II activities would be regulated via a release for consumption method. The regulated entities would be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...volumes of this weight are potentially preventable, re-usable or recyclable it presents a significant opportunity for Ireland’s transition to a more circular economy. The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has introduced measures to support this transition such as the national by-product (prevention and reuse) and end of waste (recycling) decisions for construction materials....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: .... This provides us with excellent opportunities to encourage and incentivise innovation, while also developing new job opportunities in the green economy. The latest Environment Protection Agency (EPA) report shows that in 2022 Ireland’s emissions fell by 1.9% compared to 2021. This is to be welcomed. During the same period Ireland's economy performed strongly, with employment...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (14 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...and are available only in circumstances relating to risks to water quality and/or human health and the environment, and are not general in application. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required, under the Water Services Act 2007, to prepare a National Inspection Plan for the inspection and monitoring of DWWTS. The local authorities, with the support of the EPA, are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (9 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...I note the concerns of the residents on this issue, matters in relation to enforcement of licences or investigations in relation to specific air pollution concerns are not under the remit of my Department. It is not clear from the details supplied if this plant is operated under an EPA licence or one granted by the local authority. Under the Air Pollution Act, 1987 the occupier of any...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies (9 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...the necessary statutory approvals. Noise mitigation measures for new National Roads projects are funded through the overall allocation for the road project in question. As such, the need for a separate fund does not arise. With regard to existing National Roads, the amended European Communities (Environmental Noise Regulations) 2018 (S.I. No. 549) deal with the requirements to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (9 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: ...Act"). This includes the processing of applications in respect of different decision support arrangements under the 2015 Act, in particular applications relating to Enduring Powers of Attorney ("EPAs") and Co-Decision-Making Agreements ("CDMAs"). Commencement of the 2015 Act, along with amending legislation, took place on 26 April 2023, representing a landmark overhaul of our capacity...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (8 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Alan Dillon: ...22 months. I will re-emphasise that Government's priority is to ensure that the people's health is protected and that we have swift delivery with regard to this project, but only when the HSE and the EPA have confirmed that the water supply is safe. I thank the Deputy for raising this matter this evening. I will commit to respond to him once I have further details.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...,". In the Bill, there is an anomaly in the corporate plan of the agency. The Bill sets out that the corporate plan shall include the objectives, outputs and other strategies, and that, in preparing it, the agency consults with a number of key actors. On the key actors who are mentioned here, I believe there is a slight concern that the Bill may skew the shaping of that corporate plan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Paul Daly: Can I ask one question on that in passing to save us returning to it later? Would the recent announcement by the EPA that our peatland is now emitting 60% less-----

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Frances Black: ...system of research and innovation, in co-operation and collaboration with An tÚdaras, Enterprise Ireland and the other bodies to which section 51 applies, that the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, would also be a named body. The EPA is named in section 51, but I wonder what the rationale for not naming it here is. It seems the primary focus is on how to make research and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Ossian Smyth: ...chain together in a coherent manner. The new circular economy fund was established last July. It signals a clear commitment to further integration of circular economy principles in practice. My Department has recently taken a number of very significant steps to help drive the necessary improvements to our waste segregation practices which will form a major part of our efforts to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (30 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...to be available only in circumstances relating to risks to water quality and/or human health and the environment. I have no plans to make further changes. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required, under the Water Services Act 2007, to prepare a National Inspection Plan for the inspection and monitoring of DDWWTS. The local authorities are responsible for the implementation...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

...and look at the fish populations that contribute to the status of water bodies. In this case, we have a rota of three years over which we test various water bodies. This is defined by the EPA to a large degree. For example, in 2022 we sampled 24 lakes, 127 river sites and 12 or 13 estuaries. I will give the Deputy the exact figures. This is just one programme because we have multiple...