Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been any recent review of the Environmental Protection Agency; if so, if it has been published; if not, his plans to conduct such a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14831/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The report of the Environmental Protection Agency Review Group was recently presented to me and was published on 30 May 2011. It contains 58 recommendations across a number of themes, such as governance and resources, licensing, assessment and monitoring, research and information and stakeholder relationships. My Department will now consider the findings and recommendations, and I have asked the EPA to let me have its views also in these regards by July. The report is available on www.environ.ie.