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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

...to make sure that the pressure treatment that we do fits within the environmental constraints of our industrial emissions licence, which means engaging with the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, directly to ensure that we are treating to the correct parameters of the licence. Because the oils are relatively new and the biocides within the oils are relatively new, we have to go through...

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023) See 10 other results from this debate

Eamon Ryan: ...circumstances. It is absolutely and exclusively for use at Shannonbridge, Tarbert or both. There is no creep into any other environmental legislative arrangements. It is not the case that the EPA process is bad, wrong, flawed or too long as some, again including Deputy Whitmore, have said. That is not the problem here. The problem is that we need this power supply before Christmas....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Civil Defence: Discussion (7 Mar 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Ms Emer Dalton: Radiation monitoring is a specific role. In the context of radiation, overall responsibility rests with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. The role of Civil Defence is to take radiation readings, which enhances the systems that are in place. For instance, Civil Defence collects samples of soil, water...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (7 Mar 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the discussions he has had with Teagasc, the EPA, and third level institutions in relation to developing improved wastewater treatment systems for small developments, single houses and businesses to virtually eliminate the risk of ground water pollution and contamination of the environment from this source; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Quality (7 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...may contribute to high blood pressure. Lead has also been linked to cancer. Further information can be obtained on the following websites: HSE Consumer Advice: www.hse.ie/eng/health/hl/water/drinkingwater/lead/ EPA and HSE Joint Position Paper: www.hse.ie/eng/health/hl/water/drinkingwater/lead/hse-epa-jo intpositionpaperleadindrinkingwater.pdf

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Brian Leddin: ...respect to habitat protection. Deputy Whitmore rightly pointed out that, until the fish are floating in the river, we often do not know there is a problem. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, monitors rivers frequently and reports on the status of the rivers, I think. Is there a role for Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI, as an organisation and for the board, with respect to an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Procurement Contracts (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...Action Plan on Green Public Procurement’, was published in 2012. ‘Green Tenders’ did not specifically outline targets for use of central purchasing arrangements, such as green framework agreements. The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, as the department with policy responsibility for green public procurement, will be conducting a public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: We have to be able to make sure that the measures we put in place are going to count and achieve the reductions that we want them to. We want them to be validated by the EPA. Already there are a number of feed additives on the European market. Over the past year five different additives have been tested. One has been approved in the past few months. That shows that up to 30% can be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...will contest this. I would just make one observation. I do not know whether this is being considered. In the analogous integrated pollution control licensing regime, which is operated by the EPA, there is an application process and submissions and all the rest. The EPA produces a draft licence for proposed determination saying it is going to grant permission for an intensive pig farm...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security Committee (1 Mar 2023)

Bríd Smith: I draw the attention of the Taoiseach to the recent Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, report showing that at 42 sites, factories and landfills posed a pollution threat to our water sources. The EPA has stated that five of those sites have been put on a priority list for enforcement action after serious and repeated concerns were raised over discharges to local water sources. Of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (28 Feb 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Peadar Tóibín: 59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, report (details supplied) noting the need to reduce the national herd by 30% in order to meet climate targets; if his Department has undertaken a study to determine the impact that these proposals would have on the livelihoods of farmers; and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Bríd Smith: 57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can clarify the Government’s plan to deal with recent Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, figures that show increases in CO2 emissions in the State, and that Ireland is the worst performer in the EU, according to EUROSTAT data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10335/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Gino Kenny: 85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can clarify the Government’s plan to deal with recent EPA figures that show increases in CO2 emissions in the State, and that Ireland is the worst performer in the EU, according to EUROSTAT data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9972/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...data for the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector. Greenhouse gas emissions and removals associated with LULUCF are reported in Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions inventory prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These new emission factors will be fully reflected in the inventory in due course. This research underscores the importance of having...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wastewater Treatment (28 Feb 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had with Teagasc, the EPA, and third level institutions, in relation to developing improved wastewater treatment systems for small developments and single houses and businesses to virtually eliminate the risk of ground water pollution and contamination of the environment from this source; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Correspondence (23 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 32. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has received correspondence for representatives of the agricultural sector related to a recent EPA report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8425/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My Department administers a diverse, complex and technical brief across critical and strategic sectors of the Irish economy. Studies, reviews and research are currently being undertaken by my Department which contribute to project delivery and informed, robust and evidence-based policy making. Details of these are set out in the table below. Details of study/review/research...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...Report 2022 Q4 2023 Five Year Assessment Report (5YAR) - Writer Support Award – Volume 4 (Realising the benefits of transition and transformation) (Co-funded with the EPA) Q4 2023 DRIFT-HDV: DecaRbonisation Irish HDV FleeT (Co-funded with the SEAI) Q1 2024 Climate Resilient Places (Co-funded with the EPA) ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Feb 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...from taxation, the Deputy will be aware that electricity generation is subject to carbon pricing via the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The EU ETS is operated in Ireland by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and further information is available from the EPA’s website at www.epa.ie/our-services/licensing/climate-change/eu-emission s-trading-system-/ Finally, the PSO...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Richard Boyd Barrett: 285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct the State forestry board of Coillte Teoranta to use the same metrics as the EPA and LULUCF carbon accounting and stop its practice of including carbon embedded in manufactured wood products and saved through product substitution, which is misleading the public as to their forestry’s contribution to...