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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Environmental Protection Agency Licences (1 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State to the House.Today I am raising the issue of the licensing of heavy industries, in particular the licence application made to the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, by Irish Cement with regard to its facility in Mungret in my own constituency of Limerick City. The context is that Mungret is now a highly built-up residential area, unlike other locations in...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Environmental Protection Agency Licences (1 May 2018)

Seán Kyne: I thank Senator O'Donnell for raising this issue. I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Denis Naughten, who is unavailable. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, is the independent statutory body responsible for protecting the environment in Ireland.The agency performs a wide range of statutory functions in fulfilment of its mandate. These include the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Environmental Protection Agency Licences (1 May 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister of State believes the agency has sufficient powers to adequately regulate and monitor such facilities. I believe that is not being done by the EPA, certainly not in terms of the Irish Cement site in Limerick. An emissions monitoring service has only recently been installed in the Mungret area. That should have been in a long time ago. I want to quickly address three elements....

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Environmental Protection Agency Licences (1 May 2018)

Seán Kyne: ...and welcome them. I understand the concerns that he has. He will accept that it is difficult for me to comment on an individual licence application lest I be accused of interfering in the EPA's independent licensing process. We have to take that on board. I would also point out that while overall compliance with EPA licences is good, the EPA's office of environmental enforcement...