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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Functions (21 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Catherine Connolly: 97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of his Department’s role in the national agricultural inspection programme; the details of any engagement between his Department, local authorities and the County and City Management Association in 2022, 2023 and 2024 with regard to this programme; the details of any engagement between his Department and...

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

Darragh O'Brien: My Department does not compile the information requested. The Water Services Act 2007 (as amended) requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to produce a national inspection plan for domestic waste water treatment systems, also known as septic tanks. The EPA report on the implementation of the plan and publishes information on inspections and enforcement on an annual basis. The...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

Darragh O'Brien: ...a waste licence vest in the Environmental Protection Agency. The Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 and the Waste Management Act 1996 already adequately and in more detail provide that the EPA is responsible for controlling emissions for licensed activities and that the control of emissions should not be a matter for planning conditions. As such, there is no need for this provision...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) performs the role of inventories and projections agency in respect of greenhouse gas emissions in Ireland and is responsible for preparing Ireland’s annual National Inventory Report (NIR) and periodic projections submissions in accordance with EU and international requirements. In relation to inventories and projections reporting, domestic...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...mineral soils in agricultural use can take place where the peat depth is 30 cm or less. The decision to use this depth threshold is based mainly on the National greenhouse gas inventory report (EPA, 2023) and taking into account research funded by my Department on afforested peatlands. The table below highlights the main reports used to inform the decision on peat and the peat depth...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (20 Feb 2024)

Simon Harris: The Deputy’s question would be more appropriately directed to the Minister of the Environment, Climate and Communications as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) operates under the aegis of that Department.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Septic Tanks (15 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Malcolm Noonan: ...where the domestic wastewater treatment system is situated in high-status objective catchment areas, again as identified in the river basin management plan. The figures I have come from the EPA and so are accurate. It is important that if a householder's system has failed, he or she should avail of these grants.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...rivers, lakes and marine areas and compliance with EU Directives. Overall, Ireland has good drinking water quality. In its Drinking Water Quality Report for 2022, which was published in 2023, the EPA confirmed that “compliance rates are consistently high year to year” with over 99.7% of samples compliant with bacterial and chemical limits in 2022.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (15 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: ...have been some reports on the cost of non-compliance. The indications were that we are not on target to meet our first or second carbon budget as things stand. Has an assessment been made by the Department or Minister of the likely cost of non-compliance based on, for example, the latest EPA emissions projections? Do we know how they will be allocated across different sectors?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...and energy was one of the key themes of the World Economic Forum. This brought the gap between rhetoric and action into public view again. Every single report published in the last year from the EPA, the SEAI or Wind Energy Ireland follows a worrying trend. They predict that Ireland is to blow right through our 2030 targets and miss the momentous opportunity to become energy secure and...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Róisín Garvey: ...be on the board and they are all very good people but one cannot be an expert on everything. We need representation from a statutory body, if not the Climate Change Advisory Council, perhaps the EPA or somebody. TII is great but they are roads people. That is different from having an understanding of climate and future-proofing Limerick as a city and county. There must be somebody else...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024) See 15 other results from this debate

...in its recommendations that the local authorities are adequately resourced to undertake at least 4,500 targeted water quality risk-based farm inspections per annum as part of the national agricultural inspection programme led by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. However, there is a need for the application of the regulations to be harmonised across the local authorities and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

...from roads is we are a mapping agency for noise assessment, as is Irish Rail for rail projects. Therefore, we undertake noise mapping and we make that available to the local authorities. The EPA has overall responsibility in respect of environmental noise. The local authority is obliged to develop a noise mitigation plan. If any aspect of that was required to be constructed within a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

...what they know about these river systems in order to inform their restoration. Certainly, the likes of river trusts, angling groups and biodiversity groups can also play a critical role in any habitat reparation work once a barrier has been overcome or eased, and there will be a requirement to do that. This has to be complemented with water quality improvement and habitat improvement to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Updates on delivery of Climate Action Plan 2023 (CAP23) actions are published as part of the Department of the Taoiseach 2023 Climate Action Plan quarterly progress reporting, available at The Department of the Taoiseach oversees the reporting process that monitors the progress made against the actions listed in the Annex of Actions in CAP23. Quarterly progress reports are submitted to the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (7 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...Adaptation Framework (NAF) be reviewed at least every five years. Following a 2022 review of the 2018 NAF, I approved the review Report which recommended the development of a new NAF. My Department engaged with key adaptation sectors, the EPA and the Climate Change Advisory Council to develop the new NAF which I approved for a statutory consultation. The draft, published on 19...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Safety (7 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) is the lead government department for radiation policy and nuclear safety. My Department is assisted in this role by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) who provide scientific and technical expertise on nuclear and radiological matters. The main Irish legislation in relation to Radiological Protection is the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (7 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...and with the detailed pathways to 2030 set out in Climate Action Plan 2024, will be finalised in Q1 of this year. The updated strategy will be the first national long-term climate strategy to be prepared in line with the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Acts 2015 to 2021. As the updated strategy will conform to both EU and national requirements, it will also be submitted to the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (7 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: It would be inappropriate for me to comment on any aspect of an appeal undertaken by a company in respect of an EPA decision. I note the Deputy is referring to matters dating back some 50 years ago and I am advised that IDA Ireland does not have records dating back to 1974. Aughinish Alumina manufactures alumina, a feedstock for the production of aluminium metal, which is sold to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Role of Chairperson and Future Contributions of Inland Fisheries Ireland and the Board: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Feb 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

...lost in not building close relationships with cognate organisations. I mentioned some of them in the opening statement. The most obvious ones are the National Parks and Wildlife Service, the EPA, which is clearly an extremely important player, and the local authorities, in terms of their water monitoring people and the local authority waters programme office, LAWPRO. All these are...