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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Ms Colette Bennett: We wish to thank the committee for the opportunity to speak with it today on the subject of the sustainable development goals and the progress of individual Departments. This is obviously a very timely meeting in light of the voluntary national review and preparations for budget 2024. As the committee is no doubt aware, Social Justice Ireland publishes a sustainable...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (27 Jun 2023)

Ossian Smyth: I thank the Deputy. My Department has made significant progress on incorporating environmental, economic and social considerations into public procurement which must be undertaken in accordance with the EU directives. In 2018, the OGP within my Department published an information note entitled Incorporating Social Considerations into Public Procurement. The OGP subsequently issued Circular...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan 2021 - 2030 (NDP), rests with the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (27 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). IFI will continue to monitor the ecological status of fish stocks in selected lake and river waterbodies to contribute the work of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for the purposes the WFD and for broader conservation purposes.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...that require cross-Government collaboration. Government published in March this year the first phase of the Land-use Review, which focused on the evidence. The first phase was chaired by the Department for the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) and Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and several other...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Climate Action Plan 2023 action PS/23/1/A requires the SEAI to update roadmap guidance to reflect updates to the Public Sector Mandate 2023. The SEAI and the EPA previously published guidance for public sector bodies preparing Climate Action Roadmaps in order to implement the Public Sector Climate Action Mandate 2021. I am advised that the SEAI is preparing updated roadmap guidance which is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (27 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what powers, if any, the EPA or a local authority have under the Bathing Water Quality Regulations 2008, or any other legislation, in relation to directing Uisce Éireann to take corrective action where systems under its control are causing pollution of designated bathing waters; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Legal Services (27 Jun 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: ...(Capacity) Act, as amended, the Decision Support Service is the body responsible for the operation of the majority of the Act, including in relation to the making of Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs). The Decision Support Service (DSS) is responsible for the design and development of its own systems to deliver functions under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. The DSS has...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Environmental Impact Assessments (22 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...subject to the Public Spending Code and the necessary statutory approvals. The amended European Communities (Environmental Noise Regulations) 2018 (S.I. No. 549) deal with the requirements to prepare noise actions plans to be developed for the purpose of managing environmental noise issues and their effects, including noise reduction, if necessary. The Environmental Protection...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (21 Jun 2023) See 4 other results from this debate

Paul Murphy: ...before the Government then said to the data centres, big tech companies and big agribusiness not to worry because we do not actually intend to meet these targets? As Deputy Smith pointed out, the EPA has indicated how we are miles off target. In the best case scenario, if the Government does the things it has promised to do, we are heading for a less than 30% reduction, rather than a 51%...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues in Higher and Further Education: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Paul Kehoe: ...to the Wexford campus, the compulsory purchase order is almost complete. It is going through without any major hiccups. The chief executive of Wexford County Council is in contact with the Department and the Secretary General. He very much appreciates, as do I as a public representative, what the Department is doing. Is the Department working with SETU and other partners on putting...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Na Seirbhísí Uisce agus Séarachais a chuireann Uisce Éireann ar fáil i gceantair Ghaeltachta: Plé. (21 Jun 2023) See 11 other results from this debate

Catherine Connolly: ...-de-sac maidir leis na pleananna atá ann. Ceapaim go bhfuil sé thar am é sin a admháil agus chun pleananna réasúnta a chur ar an talamh ó thaobh céard atá i gceist maidir leis An gCeathrú Rua. Táim ag smaoineamh ar Árainn freisin. Níl a fhios agam cé mhéad ríomhphoist, idir an gcomhairle contae i nGaillimh,...

Seanad: Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...very issue. As some said, the other element of this legislation is the national fertiliser database. It is essential that we monitor the application of fertilisers. It was only late last week that the EPA produced a report that showed there has been no improvement in water quality. It has very clearly stated that it is agricultural practices that is causing the deterioration and the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Holly Cairns: ...distortions about nature restoration coming from some in government and in the main opposition party are worrying. We only have to look at the results of yesterday's Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, report for evidence of the huge problems we face. The EPA report found unacceptably high levels of pollution in our rivers and lakes due to human activities. We cannot credibly claim we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (15 Jun 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Fergus O'Dowd: 88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the recently published report by the EPA that Ireland is set to miss out on its 2030 climate targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28040/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Jun 2023)

Richard Bruton: This issue came up earlier in priority questions. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has recently reported that it cannot include in its modelling up to 9 million tonnes of GHG abatement measures in the Government climate action plan. As a result, it is predicting that we will fall significantly short of our target for 2030. I would be interested to hear the Minister comment on how...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (15 Jun 2023) See 5 other results from this debate

Jennifer Whitmore: No. My question was whether the Minister will put in an addendum to the climate action plan that will specify, in detail, issues like diversification that the EPA could not model because the information was not available.

Seanad: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Jun 2023)

Róisín Garvey: .... It is good for many reasons. The amount of paperwork he had to go through nearly broke him but he would not give in. It is amazing to see how insane the scrutiny of small producers can be by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine inspectors. It is not the same level for the big ones. The cost can be so exorbitant for small producers that they just give up. That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Kieran O'Donnell: ...ceilings for the built environment is 40%. The targeted reductions in the Climate Action Plan 2023 for the whole building environment, that is residential and commercial, is 45% to 55%. The EPA, in its recently published greenhouse gas emissions projection report, states we are on target and that the emissions from the energy sector are projected to decrease by between 36% and 47%...