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Written Answers — Air Quality: Air Quality (11 Mar 2009)

Michael Kitt: Monitoring at permanent and mobile monitoring stations by the EPA and local authorities confirms that air quality in Ireland is good. In addition to monthly reports on ozone, particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide, the EPA also publishes an annual report on air quality. My Department keeps this data under ongoing review to identify any significant trends which might emerge and also meets...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Environmental Protection Enforcement (21 Mar 2017)

Denis Naughten: ...of environmental policy and legislation, underpinned by the principle of proportionality, is the appropriate approach to adopt in protecting our environment. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the independent statutory body responsible for protecting the environment in Ireland. The EPA performs a wide range of statutory functions in fulfilment of its mandate. For example, the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Environmental Protection Enforcement (26 Oct 2016)

Denis Naughten: ...of environmental policy and legislation, underpinned by the principle of proportionality, is the appropriate approach to adopt in protecting our environment. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the independent statutory body responsible for protecting the environment in Ireland. The EPA performs a wide range of statutory functions in fulfilment of its mandate. For example, the EPA...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (28 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the chief statutory body in Ireland for protecting and improving Ireland’s environment.  The EPA plays key roles in environmental regulation and the provision of knowledge and advocacy for the environment.  The EPA investigates complaints of pollution, and enforces environmental laws, both directly and by way of its oversight of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Protection Agency (22 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The EPA is an independent public body established under the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992.  I understand that the 2020 report is not yet available, when published it will be made available on the EPA website at www.epa.ie and will also be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. The latest EPA Drinking Water Quality in Public Supplies report is for 2019 and this is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Agency (5 Feb 2019)

Richard Bruton: The facility in question operates under an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) licence granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The monitoring and enforcement of conditions attaching to IPPC licences are a matter for the EPA and I am precluded from exercising any power in relation to the performance by the EPA of its licensing functions in specific cases under the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Environmental Protection Agency Reports (21 Mar 2017)

Denis Naughten: ...of environmental policy and legislation, underpinned by the principle of proportionality, is the appropriate approach to adopt in protecting our environment. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the independent statutory body responsible for protecting the environment in Ireland. The EPA performs a wide range of statutory functions in fulfilment of its mandate. For example,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Fitzmaurice: I saw the EPA going to court stating, with regard to peat bogs, that the whole bog was hydrologically connected. As Dr. Cotter is aware, when a case was brought in the past few weeks and the EPA was asked for the evidence and science of it, it had none to produce even though the EPA believes in science. An ordinary person had to spend large amounts of money to show hydrologically and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has issued another report today. Its last report blamed farmers for polluting our waterways. Farmers have implemented huge mitigation measures and are continuing to do so but need time to show results. I have been raising the issue of sewerage plants in every part of the country. This EPA report does not mention one plant in County Tipperary. In...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Protection Agency (26 May 2016)

Simon Coveney: As a statutorily independent body, it is primarily a matter for the board of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make decisions as to how best to organise its resources, including the location of its Regional Inspectorate offices. At present, they have Inspectorate offices located in Castlebar, Co Mayo; Inniscarra, Co Cork; Clonskeagh, Dublin; Kilkenny, and Monaghan. EPA licensed...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Agency Remit (17 Apr 2018)

Denis Naughten: The EPA is responsible for the licence and enforcement of large industrial plants listed in the First Schedule of the EPA Act 1992 (as amended). This includes incineration and co-incineration plants. The Industrial Emissions Directive (2010/75/EU) specifies the emission limit values for dioxins that apply to incineration and co-incineration facilities. This Directive also stipulates the...

Written Answers — Environmental Legislation: Environmental Legislation (17 Feb 2010)

Eamon Ryan: Bord na Móna Plc is licensed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the EPA Act 1992. Bord na Móna holds nine Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Licences from the EPA for the purposes of peat extraction under Section 83(1) of the EPA Act 1992. These licences cover all of Bord na Móna's peat extraction operations and contain 14 conditions relating to operation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (6 Oct 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the supervisory authority for public water supplies in Ireland. Irish Water is responsible for monitoring the quality of public water supplies while local authorities are responsible for monitoring the quality of water provided by other suppliers. The role of the EPA in relation to public drinking water supplies is set out in the European Union...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Functions (21 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The role of my Department in the National Agricultural Inspection Programme has been to: Establish the programme under the 5thNitrates Action Programme and give the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) oversight of the programme,Sit on the EPA-chaired National Agricultural Inspection Programme (NAIP) Working Group to ensure that all relevant current and emerging policy matters are...

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019) See 3 other results from this debate

Catherine Murphy: Obviously the EPA has a big function with regard to climate change and monitoring. The EPA can only monitor and advise and it is up to Government to determine policy. Ireland has been missing its climate targets. Does the EPA advise on the emissions trading scheme? What level of finance will this scheme require in future? What has the EPA learned from the monitoring it has done so far?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (26 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) undertakes a range of regulatory tasks relating to the licensing, permitting, consenting or certification of activities that could have an impact on the environment or on human health. For more information on licensing processes, including information on waste activities are regulated by Local Authorities and the EPA respectively, please see...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: EPA audits of public drinking water supplies are an important way of checking how Irish Water and local authorities are performing in compliance with Drinking Water Regulations. These regulations provide the EPA with supervisory powers in relation to public water supplies. I am aware of the EPA recommendation in its recent audit report in relation to the incident at the Leixlip...

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

Dr. Eimear Cotter: I thank the committee for inviting the EPA to discuss the general scheme of the water environment (abstractions) Bill. I am joined in the committee room by Ms Mary Gurrie, a programme manager in the EPA, and remotely by Ms Marie O'Connor, also a programme manager in the EPA, and Dr. Matthew Craig. The agency has a wide range of responsibilities as environmental...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Role and Functions: Environmental Protection Agency (4 Nov 2014) See 1 other result from this debate

Ms Laura Burke: It was. I will answer some of them and my colleague, Mr. O'Leary, the director of enforcement, will answer others. With regard to the confidence of the public in the EPA, the confidence of the public and the engagement of the public in environmental matters is something we have highlighted throughout the history of the EPA. With only about 300 staff there is only so much...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Mr. Mark Griffin: EPA is a key stakeholder in terms of Irish Water's decision-making around its investment programme. For example, EPA would look at Ireland's compliance with the urban wastewater treatment directive, the drinking water directive and the water quality and water framework directives. The EPA produces reports, such as the state of the environment report published during the...