Results 301-320 of 3,870 for epa

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wastewater Treatment Facilities (30 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: .... I congratulate you on your election and wish you success for your term, however long it may be. On behalf of the Minister, I thank the Senator for raising this issue. As he knows, the Department builds its water services strategic policy and infrastructure delivery programmes around Project Ireland 2040, the water services policy statement 2018-2025 and the river basin management...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (30 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The EPA is responsible for compiling the inventories of greenhouse gas emissions for Ireland and for reporting the data to the relevant European and international institutions. As such, Ireland’s legal reporting obligations require that the agency submits data to the European Commission and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The emissions data are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (30 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The competent Authority for the EU Water Framework (WFD) is the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH). In addition, water quality status, within the terms of the Directive, is assigned via the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has no direct function in the assignment of water quality status. The status of fish stock is one of a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Construction Industry (25 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: 108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department has any responsibility to ensure the safety or environmental integrity of residents from the effects of construction works in their area; if the EPA has any statutory or legal role in ensuring construction works operate in a safe and environmentally...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Policy (18 May 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...mitigation measures for the wider tourism ecosystem. I addressed the issue of mitigation measures when replying to Deputy Munster, so I will discuss sustainable tourism practices. The Department has been undertaking important work to ensure that tourism plays its part in achieving our climate targets. In 2023, I secured additional funding of €3 million for Fáilte Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (18 May 2023)

Catherine Martin: Ireland is committed, through the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2021, to achieving a climate-neutral economy no later than 2050. My Department and Fáilte Ireland have been undertaking important work to ensure that tourism plays its part in achieving our climate targets. In 2023 I secured additional funding of €3 million for Fáilte Ireland to continue its work...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (18 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are to be found in Irelands’ National Inventory Report. This is compiled and submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annually to the UNFCCC. The latest report and the supporting information for the period 1990 to 2021 is publicly available on the EPA website (www.epa.ie). There are three tiers of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality (17 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH) is the lead authority for the interim review of the 5thNitrates Action Programme and the associated Nitrates Regulations. However, my Department works closely with them in this regard. During the negotiations of Ireland’s current Nitrates Derogation, and since the European Commission published its Implementing Decision...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...Verona Murphy raised the pollution in Waterford estuary. I will raise that with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and ask him to get the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to look into it. I did not get a chance to read the article Deputy Healy-Rae referred to, but there are pressures on different aspects of our society. However, it is all part of an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Alice-Mary Higgins: On thee bodies, I am thinking of organisations such as the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, and the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, which may not be funders but may be key partners. As all of those listed are funding organisations, there is a danger of losing those other key public partners. I apologise for interrupting.

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]

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...only way we can prevent that from happening is if we make sure we have accountability. We gave plenty of agencies in this State now, such as Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI, the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, county councils, which have enforcement officers, and many other environmental and ecological institutions. It is of paramount importance that we get a result from what...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...laws are. We also saw the impact the wetting of the bogs will have on the farmland of people who are up to date with that. We see a lack of respect for healthy farming practices, and a lack of support, from the Department and Government, which will not bring in any regulations to help farmers. How many times have farmers come to Leinster House cheap? I remember the late Joe Rea, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. Jim Gannon: No. We have aspects of that. We certainly would not have the register of licences and licence conditions. That would rest with the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, where an environmental licence is required. What we have had from the committee previously were queries on the existing numbers of data centres and also the existing numbers of data centres in a...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

...we can increase our tier standard. In other words, using local factors for what we know through research funding establishes an appropriate inventory factor that is scientifically justified. The EPA is then responsible for the computation and calculation of the overall contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Biomethane Renewable Gas: Discussion (3 May 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...To answer the question directly on the 7 tonnes, the Deputy is probably correct that they do not all get accounted for here, but fundamentally, a significant portion would. We can look at what the EPA uses. It uses default figures for accounting for use of fertiliser. We have now got the likes of protected urea, etc. I can get back to the Deputy on some specific direction on that.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (3 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...to take Questions Nos. 317 and 318 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that the information requested is set out in the attached table. As regards the 12 State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question to the Agencies and have requested that a response should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

...-laminated timber, CLT, provides a quality-controlled environment that results in less waste and fewer environmental impacts from construction. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, 8.2 million tonnes of construction waste was generated in 2020. Prefabrication significantly reduces on-site waste, thereby supporting our circular economy. Using prefabrication is also much...

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: .... The criticism, which seems valid, is that the Government is resisting that. Critics argue that it is precisely the same sort of resistance that was put up to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. Most people would now accept that the EPA is a good thing. Its job is to oversee our environment and make sure that it is adequately protected. Surely it is...

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...