Written answers
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Environmental Protection Agency Remit
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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341. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a company (details supplied) which is licensed by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has contravened its industrial emissions licence; if so, the action that has been taken by the EPA as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39225/14]
Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The facility in question operates under an Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) licence granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The monitoring and enforcement of conditions attaching to IPC licences are a matter for the EPA. All documents relating to individual IPC licences, including inspection information, are available to view on the EPA’s website at . Under the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992, as amended, I am precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to the performance by the EPA of its licensing functions in specific cases.
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