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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Amendments Nos. 10, 16, 23 and 24 have been ruled out of order, which I do not understand. The amendments relate to the function of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, in terms of managing the risks from radon, which is a radiological protection risk. I understand that an amendment which does not relate to the purpose of the Bill may be ruled out of order but the aforementioned...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: .... I do not see that as a reason why it cannot be done. With regard to the various agencies and where the authority lies, my understanding is the key role of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, is as the expert in identifying risk areas. That is the significant information. It is really important. When we are aware, as Deputy Stanley says, of those red zones, then we really...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

Denis Naughten: The EPA does not produce the report. With regard to giving the EPA a statutory responsibility to publish or circulate any report, it cannot because it does not produce the report in the first place. From a drafting perspective, it is not sound.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

Denis Naughten: The strategy group, which is chaired by our Department, produces the report. As Minister of that Department, I am giving a commitment here that I have absolutely no difficulty in circulating the report but the Deputy is asking the EPA to lay before the Oireachtas a report it has no function in drafting. The amendment, as drafted, is not sound. It is not workable.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I would still argue that the EPA is the agency with responsibility for measuring environmental risk or scientific assessment of interaction between scientific information and the health effect on others.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

Denis Naughten: I have first hand knowledge of physiotherapists and chiropractors, so this is something I am very conscious of. There is a lot of co-operation between my Department and the Department of Health on this. We are on the same wavelength and we have agreement now that the EPA will be the lead agency from our Department and HIQA will be the lead agency from the Department of Health to agree the...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

James Lawless: ...or compliance levels to fall. The concern is that there is merit in requiring a renewal of the licence or registration or an audit, check or some kind of renewal process. There was previously an EPA system for licence renewal but, if I am reading the legislation correctly, that will be dropped and the registration will be a one-off. When the EPA was doing those licence checks, it was...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

Denis Naughten: ...a graded approach relating to use and risk, which are assessed. As I stated in reply to Deputy Stanley, a process will be agreed between the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, and the EPA in that regard. One must remember that there is ongoing training, registration and monitoring of these professions. We are discussing radiation, radiation sources and equipment, which will...