James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the current demarcation between a waste licence and a waste permit of 100,000 tonnes is due to be updated; if so, the timeframe for change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47351/17]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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The Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations 2007, S.I. 821 of 2007 set out waste activities which may be authorised under a waste facility permit or certificate of registration as opposed to being authorised under a waste licence. Different thresholds (above which a licence is required) apply to different waste activities, depending on the nature of the waste activity concerned.  

The Regional Waste Management Offices published a report on construction and demolition waste (soil and stone) recovery and disposal capacity in December last year. The report made a number of recommendations, including that consideration should be given to increasing the maximum tonnage of soil and stone which could be recovered at a facility authorised under a waste facility permit (currently set at 100,000 tonnes over the lifetime of the facility for that particular waste activity).   

My Department intends to publish a consultation paper shortly to seek the views of stakeholders on the thresholds set in the Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations 2007, S.I. 821 of 2007 for the recovery of soil and stone. A decision on whether the existing limit should be amended will be made after the submissions on the issue have been considered.