Results 1-15 of 15 for epa speaker:Thomas Gould

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Functions (25 Jan 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...comparable to Glanmire, but Glanmire has one of the major roads in the country next to it as well as the Dunkettle roundabout, which is a cause of air pollution. What role does the Minister's Department have in air pollution monitoring and what more can be done? Will the Minister ask the EPA to install more air monitors in Cork, especially on the northside and in areas like Glanmire?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (17 Jan 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...water. We have families who have to get bottled water for their kids because they do not trust it. Even when the water is clean, people have told me it does not taste the same. I have been on to the EPA and the HSE-----

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

Thomas Gould: .... In the past four days, the same water main has burst twice and no advance notification was given that this might happen. There are concerns about whether the system is fit for purpose. The EPA needs to examine how often Irish Water only partially resolves issues, with the issues then recurring repeatedly. Irish Water has advised people I represent to run their taps to see whether...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Quality (16 May 2023)

Thomas Gould: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the last date the EPA independently completed a full audit of the water treatment plant responsible for water in Glanmire. [22972/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Illegal Dumping (27 Apr 2023)

Thomas Gould: ...are forcing local authorities to privatise. If we look at the amount of waste they are throwing away, it has stayed the same since 2010. In fact, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, recycling has reduced, and all bin collection charges are doing now is encouraging dumping. The reality is that when families are stuck between heating and eating, their last priority is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: ...this was the case. People who fought to stop the privatisation of the water services might be listening now. We are looking at how Irish Water is performing and we have the witnesses from the EPA and the HSE with us. We are talking about the quality of drinking water and when we look at the figures, some 565,000 people have been impacted and 243,000 have ongoing problems. As a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: Regarding the EPA's interaction with Irish Water and these priorities, is it felt that Irish Water is taking on board everything the EPA is communicating to it? The witnesses from the HSE might comment on this aspect as well. Is Irish Water taking on board the seriousness of the issues being raised and the priorities being set out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: ...about the amount of lead piping in Cork city. Cork is a very old city, especially the city centre. We are losing 50% of our water. How much of the old pipe system is lead? Will the HSE or the EPA comment on the implications in relation to the health concerns. I think of my daughters and making their bottles at night. Did we realise the water we were giving our kids was coming through...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Thomas Gould: I thank our guests for being here today. I have a number of questions for Irish Water, following on from our engagement with the EPA and the HSE earlier. There are serious implications from the court case that is being taken against us, and possible future court cases that will be taken, because of our failure to meet the targets that have been set out. It was mentioned in the introduction...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: I thank Dr. Ryan for his presentation. I have a couple of questions. I will try to keep them brief. In the second last paragraph of the second last page of the EPA's report, which Dr. Ryan read out earlier, it states, "Additional unreported incidents were uncovered by EPA inspectors during the auditing process which supports the EPA's view of incident management by Irish Water and Local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: I am sorry to interrupt Dr. Minihan but I ask her not to go into the details of each case because my time is limited. I appreciate her answer. From the EPA's point of view, is there now a risk of ongoing problems such as these? What can we do and what can Irish Water do - it is responsible - to ensure there are no further such incidents? If the EPA is uncovering incidents that are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)

Thomas Gould: I appreciate that my time is up. In Churchfield industrial estate there are a number of waste collection facilities. Last year the EPA did an audit and found there was ammonia in the groundwater there. The witnesses will know that ammonia is serious.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Thomas Gould: I am sorry, Chairman, but the question we can come back to later is whether the EPA inspectors will be involved.

Water and Wastewater Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 May 2021)

Thomas Gould: ...two by the Environmental Protection Agency. In January last year, the existence of ammonia, nitrogen and sulphate were recorded in the ground water in the Ashgrove facility, which is licensed by the EPA. This means that liquid ammonia was in the ground water. Some of the symptoms of ammonia poisoning are severe chest pains, vomiting and blindness and people are advised to go straight to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Thomas Gould: ...in this proposed Bill? Do the witnesses consider the regulations in Northern Ireland and Scotland to be best practice or better practice than what we are proposing? For the witnesses from the EPA, when looking at the aspect of 10 cu. m against 25 cu. m, was consideration given to trying to align the regulations on an all-island basis? On revoking licences, there have been several...