Results 1-20 of 24 for epa speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Fadhb Thithíochta na Gaeltachta: BÁNÚ (10 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...duine sin sa teach sin agus ligeann sé nó sí é, caithfidh an tiarna talún a bheith cláraithe leis an RTB, agus an té atá ina cónaí nó ina chónaí ann a bheith cláraithe leis an RTB. Mar sin, ní oibreodh sé le haghaidh ligin ghearrthéarmacha agus is rud maith, dearfach é sin. Is mian liom níos...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: .... Uisce Éireann is bringing tankers of water to the island on boats, which is costing a fortune. Does Uisce Éireann have a plan to deal with that issue? My next question is a wider one which also involves the Department. Was consideration given to the feasibility of connecting the Aran Islands to the mainland via a pipe that would be laid at the same time as fibre is...

Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...or later we are going to have to face up to the fact that we have to divert as much storm water as possible away from the sewerage systems or the wastewater systems. The report out today is by the EPA. It was a bit misleading how it was reported in the media because it was said that half of the houses failed the septic tank inspections. Of course, this was done on a risk-based...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (7 Mar 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the discussions he has had with Teagasc, the EPA, and third level institutions in relation to developing improved wastewater treatment systems for small developments, single houses and businesses to virtually eliminate the risk of ground water pollution and contamination of the environment from this source; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wastewater Treatment (28 Feb 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had with Teagasc, the EPA, and third level institutions, in relation to developing improved wastewater treatment systems for small developments and single houses and businesses to virtually eliminate the risk of ground water pollution and contamination of the environment from this source; and if...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Seirbhísí Oileán (1 Jun 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...foráis faoi agus a dtugann go leor daoine cuairt air. Tá sé spéisiúil a thógáil san áireamh fiú nach bhfuil na leithris poiblí atá ag an gcomhairle contae ceangailte le scéim séarachais poiblí ach le ceann beag príobháideach. Le tamall fada anuas, tá mé ag scríobh agus ag scríobh ag an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc (8 Apr 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...also added to the loss of land. From the figures for output, it seems that by increasing cattle number, one increases methane gas. If the ratio is 21:1, I would be interested to hear how the EPA proposes to deal with the dilemma with Harvest 2020. Do different types of cattle produce different levels of methane gas? Is there a genetic issue with different breeds? What affects the...

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...of the players are at the same table, misunderstandings often evaporate and buy-in increases among communities and society in general. The Minister should establish a forum that would involve his Department and the statutory agencies, including the National Oil Reserves Agency, NORA, which is responsible for ensuring that we have enough oil, the Geological Survey, the Environmental...

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...liom, glacfadh pobal na hÉireann leis an moladh sin. Tabharfadh sé an-mhisneach dóibh nach bhfuil aon rud á dhíol saor againn mar thír. Fáiltím roimh an athbhreithniú go bhfuil an tAire le déanamh ar na téarmaí airgid. Is dul chun cinn beag é sin. Beidh muid ag súil leis an tuarascáil sin. Beidh muid ag...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aquaculture Licences (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ..., we need public confidence in the process. Would he not agree it would be much better to introduce legislation transferring this function of granting or not granting the licence to either the EPA or An Bord Pleanála, so the Minister could be actively involved in policy formulation and policy promotion, and where somebody independent would look at the specific proposals and give an...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...an undertaking in respect of the regulations. I am satisfied on that issue now that we are going in a proper direction and proceeding in a systematic manner. I am content to wait and see what the EPA advises the Minister to publish. We will also be pressing at the committee that the EPA, An Taisce and such organisations should be invited in to advise the committee in advance in order...

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...the standards will be. He makes vague comments about agreements with the European Union, NGOs and so on. Since the beginning of this month I have submitted freedom of information requests to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government seeking details of all discussions the Minister and his departmental officials have had with the European Commission, NGOs and the...

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...her system, he or she will not be told to what standard it must be done. That is absolute nonsense and he knows it. We had an easy way to resolve this dispute. I find it difficult to see how the EPA will advise the Minister to ditch the 2009 document which specifically states it refers to upgrades as well as existing systems.

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: Perhaps the Minister is right and the EPA will tell us its code of practice from 2009 will not apply.

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: However, we could have solved the problem prior to resuming Committee Stage because we proposed - the Minister voted it down - bringing in representatives of the EPA to ask them what advice it would give to the Minister on the regulations he would make under section 70L.

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...procedures to apply in relation to emptying a domestic waste water treatment system and the disposal of the waste water and sludge derived therefrom... Appendix G of the 2009 document outlines the EPA's prescription for maintenance works. The Minister will be legally obliged to consult the agency. He knows that when a Minister must legally consult an expert agency such as the EPA, it is...

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...to see whether the standards to be proposed by the Minister will stand up to a challenge. If the standards are so easy and so different from those set out in the 2009 code of practice of the EPA, as the Minister keeps saying they are, they should withstand our scrutiny. Before we can agree to anything, we will have to ensure the standards cannot be overruled in a court case in Brussels....

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...in a new house to give clean water, and that is all it will give, a much simpler and inferior system will produce the same clean water. If that is so, why is the 2009 standard proposed by the EPA? It is inescapable logic and that is the point the Minister has been missing from beginning. What he is trying to say to the people is that he will get away with a low standard, he will wait...

Order of Business (12 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...concerns what standards will apply when the inspectors come out to the houses. We have suggested at the committee, in order to try and get more information on this, that we should invite in the EPA to address the committee and inform us of the standards. When we know the standards, we will then know the likely cost implications for householders and what assistance they will need to get...

Access to Central Treasury Funds (Commission for Energy Regulation) Bill 2011 [Seanad] : Second Stage (8 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...by the Commission for Energy Regulation on a cost neutral basis and that any costs incurred overtime will be recouped from the industry. As a Minister I strongly supported safety regulation being separate from the Department. In the old days there was misunderstanding of ministerial approvals at various stages of the process and the present arrangement should allow us to follow best...