Results 1-9 of 9 for epa speaker:Michael McCarthy

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Discussion (19 Jun 2014)

Michael McCarthy: ...will take Committee Stage of this Bill next Tuesday. The Bill provides for the dissolution of the RPII and the transfer of its functions, staff and assets to the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. It also provides for the incorporation of the amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material agreed in 2005. Today's meeting is a good opportunity for Members of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (12 Nov 2013)

Michael McCarthy: I should clarify that the EPA is responsible for ensuring dumping at sea does not happen. It is not responsible for the dumping itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (12 Nov 2013)

Michael McCarthy: .... I wish to raise the issue of indictable versus summary offences. I can understand the difficulties arising from process of having to involve the DPP, did that act as a deterrent for the EPA to enforce follow up of the offence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (12 Nov 2013)

Michael McCarthy: In terms of detections. I understand that the EPA only has the power since 2010, so it is at the embryonic stage of the cycle.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (21 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: ...if they are on because they interfere with the sound system. I ask Members to bear that in mind and to turn them off. We are going to discuss the topic of climate change with officials from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, the National Economic and Social Council, NESC, and the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. I welcome Mr. John McCarthy,...

Seanad: Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (18 Nov 2009)

Michael McCarthy: ...to a 1997 document, Coastal Zone Management - A Draft Policy for Ireland, in the context of what has been said about foreshore issues. It is significant that the document was issued by the then Departments of the Marine and Natural Resources and Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands. Page 12 of the document, which relates to the development of the foreshore, states that some of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Oct 2004)

Michael McCarthy: ...in the context of the impartiality of the agency. Yesterday, groups travelled from Meath and Cork and the latter in particular sought an injunction in the High Court. It is no coincidence that the EPA leaked the decision to grant that licence. We need to have a debate on impartiality and the EPA. It is not good enough for such an agency to leak a decision, particularly when a High Court...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (25 Feb 2003)

Michael McCarthy: ...and I hope the Minister will take my amendment on board. I am not suggesting that every time an organisation refuses an oral hearing, it should be dragged through the courts. I sympathise with the EPA in this regard but I also feel it should act reasonably, as every other organisation is required to do. I hope the Minister will see the logic of this amendment and accept it.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (25 Feb 2003)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 18: In page 35, line 9, after "decision" to insert "and of the reasons for the decision". When the EPA refuses to hold an oral hearing, it should give its reasons in the interest of proper administration, among other considerations. For example, if an applicant is refused planning permission for a dwelling, a fairly detailed letter of explanation is issued by the planning...