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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Plants (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...(EA) at the bi-annual meetings of the UK-Ireland Contact Group on Radiological Matters, and at its most recent meeting on the 29-30 November 2023, which was hosted by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) at their headquarters in County Wexford. This group comprises senior officials and representatives from my Department, the EPA, the UK Department of Energy Security and Net Zero,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (12 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: In 2023 my Department has played an important role in delivering our priorities under the Programme for Government and in delivering cross-Government policy objectives as set out in documents such as the National Planning Framework and National Development Plan, the Climate Action Plan 2023, Harnessing Digital – the Digital Ireland Framework and to our international commitments...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (7 Dec 2023)

Denis Naughten: Now we see the reason for my frustration that there is not a Minister or Minister from State from the relevant Department here to respond. The points I raised have not been addressed, which is not the fault of the Minister of State, Deputy O'Brien. A further point that needs to be addressed along with the staffing issue is the significant hurdle that presents in the form of the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am very concerned that the EPA and Department of environment officials who visited one of the most toxic nuclear sites in the world believe there are "no significant matters" that should cause concern for Ireland. This was their response to aGuardiannewspaper report this week which cited crumbling buildings, cracks worsening in a reservoir of toxic radioactive sludge, and the ongoing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Simon Coveney: ...decarbonisation challenge. That is why, for example, the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, has access to a significant climate fund, which will be used for many of these programmes in future. I suspect that my Department and his will make a strong case to significantly ratchet up the available resources for adaptation within industry to decarbonise. That needs to get under way next year. We...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (7 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...this will go to Uisce Éireann. This investment will deliver significant improvements in public wastewater services and improve water quality in rivers, lakes and marine areas. In relation to the Sligo and Leitrim area, the EPA Urban Wastewater Treatment Report 2022 does not indicate any raw sewage discharges in the Sligo Leitrim area as of mid-2023.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Public Employment Service (PES) offers a range of supports to help Jobseekers secure and sustain employment. The service is delivered, through Employment Personal Advisers (EPA) and Job Coaches (JC) who offer an individualised employment service delivered mainly via one-on-one engagements. In these engagements the EPA/JC will work with the Jobseeker to identify their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (7 Dec 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Public Employment Service (PES) offers a range of supports to help Jobseekers secure and sustain employment. The service is delivered, through Employment Personal Advisers (EPA) and Job Coaches (JC) who offer an individualised employment service delivered mainly via one-on-one engagements. In these engagements the EPA/JC will work with the Jobseeker to identify their...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Dec 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ..., about what is happening in other countries regarding farming and the ignoring of some of the crazy rules we have here. We come back with all the rules in the world and our geniuses in the Departments then add three or four statutory instruments onto them. It is time the Irish people were represented properly. Why can we not act like the premiers in some countries, like Viktor...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Waste Management (6 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. The results of the EPA report on the circular economy and waste statistics that were published last week very much threw into sharp light just how much needs to be done with regard to what can be recycled and what is being recycled in Ireland. In fact, the report shows that Ireland is going backwards, not forwards, with regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (6 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Fergus O'Dowd: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the EPA has any future plans to expand the monitoring of permanent air quality testing systems on site in Drogheda south; if not, the reason why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53926/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (6 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: In 2023 my Department led on sustainable economic development through the creation and maintenance of high quality employment across all parts of our country: by championing enterprise; ensuring a competitive business base to incentivise work, sustainable enterprise, innovation and investment; strengthening global connections and trade; promoting fair and competitive markets, responsible...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...is served by individual units such as septic tanks. Uisce Éireann is responsible for wastewater for about 75% of the population. We are engaging quite a bit with the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, and with the local authority waters programme office, LAWPRO, from a water quality perspective. The urban wastewater system, which is the category Uisce Éireann is responsible...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (5 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Peter Burke: ...Topical Issue debate. I will read into the record the contribution the Minister has sent. During the Topical Issue debate on 7 November, the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, explained that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, along with other public sector bodies, invested significant resources in an investigation of animal health and environmental concerns on a farm in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ..., as is forcing farmers into that situation. The Taoiseach's party used to be the party that represented farmers and now everybody just demonises them. Why does the Government not call the EPA to account to look after the pollution that is coming from public authorities and systems throughout the country, including the village I live in, which has no system whatsoever, and other...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (5 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications has no records of subsidies paid to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies in the years requested. However, several Irish assessment studies on the issue have been funded and conducted in recent years:SEAI, 2008: ‘Assessment of the Potential for Geological Storage of CO2for the Island of Ireland’EPA,...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: .... There are many other things the Government will not let people in rural Ireland do either. Then there is Irish Water and the treatment plants and the unfair and discriminatory practices of the EPA. Its representatives are going around demonising people. Any farmer who is polluting should be prosecuted, but the county councils and Irish Water plants are belching raw sewage into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023) See 14 other results from this debate

Jennifer Whitmore: I am just wondering why the EPA did not have those figures. Is it that it was not provided with the figures to incorporate into its analysis?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wastewater Treatment (28 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister of State. I am sure he will read a statement from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and highlight the fact that the Department has recently changed the grants for septic tanks. This changes, which are very welcome, include increasing the maximum grant from €5,000 to €12,000 and removing the requirement to have previously registered...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP28: Discussion (28 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Lynn Boylan: ...a good neighbour but around wealth taxes, and the importance of collecting the data on wealth taxes. I know that my own party certainly repeatedly has tried to have wealth taxes costed by the Department but it has refused to do it. The Department has stated it does not actually collect the data. It was the same with the private jet tax. We were told that the Department does not monitor...