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Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...binding rules. It notes that the approach in Scotland and Wales is 25 cu. m and the equivalent threshold in the North of Ireland for the registration of abstractions is 10 cu. m. Why is there a departure from those jurisdictions? Why not listen to the Oireachtas committee report? Why not look at all-Ireland alignment? Given that the primary purpose of the Bill is to provide for modern...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Fintan Warfield: ...to exempt them from the requirement to obtain planning permission for areas of more than 30 ha where previously it was 50 ha. The new regime will be subject to an Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, licensing scheme. However, the change can be interpreted to offer a free pass to unauthorised operators to continue extracting peat without planning permission or environmental controls...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (6 Dec 2017)

Fintan Warfield: ...clear that Ireland will fall short, as other Senators have mentioned, in meeting the targets for renewable energy and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has recently reported a 3.5% rise in emissions last year. Earlier in the year the EPA reported that Ireland will fail to meet its greenhouse gas emission targets for 2020, which is a 20%...