Results 1-20 of 348 for waste management speaker:Eamon Ryan

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ..., including applied energy research and demonstration programmes and projects. This investment in innovative energy research projects is crucial in helping Ireland to transition to a clean and secure energy future for us all. More than €124 million is allocated to programme C, circular economy development, to tackle environmental damage, manage waste, safeguard our natural...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Haulage Industry (11 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has been engaging with key stakeholders including the Irish Waste Management Association (IWMA) and the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) on this matter, including on the timing of removing the existing exemptions for construction waste and the rate at which a levy for construction waste would apply. The Irish Plant Contractors’ Association participated in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...The alternative will not be easy. We will have to be at the cutting edge of learning how to do it but I believe we can: with the renewable power we have, with flexible use of the grid, with demand management, and with the use of waste heat and district heating, as well as the likes of biomethane as a backup fuel.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (28 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...(IFFPG) is a not-for-profit company established by producers of farm plastics to collectively discharge their legal responsibilities in respect of the products they place on the market. Under the Waste Management (Farm Plastics) Regulations, 2001, any organisation may apply to the Minister for approval to operate the extended producer responsibility scheme. My Department has not...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (23 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 130 to 132, inclusive, together. Under the Waste Action Plan for A Circular Economy, I introduced a Waste Recovery Levy of €10/tonne on the 1st September 2023. The intention of the waste recovery levy is to encourage higher value waste management practices by moving material management up the waste hierarchy from waste recovery to more recycling and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware a landfill levy on the disposal of waste at landfills has been in place for more than two decades currently levied at €85 per tonne and as of the 1st September 2023 there is also a waste recovery levy on the incineration, co-incineration, backfilling and waste exported for recovery currently levied at €10 per tonne. To date, Construction and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Under the Waste Management Act, the primary responsibility for management and enforcement responses to illegal dumping lies with the local authorities. It is a matter for each local authority to determine the most appropriate public awareness, enforcement and clean-up actions in relation to illegal dumping taking account of local circumstances and priorities. It is therefore a matter for Cork...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Local Authorities are statutorily responsible for the preparation of waste management plans. The Regional Waste Management Planning Offices published the new National Waste Management Plan on March 1st informed by, inter alia, the National Planning Framework. The Plan sets out the required actions at local and regional levels to deliver on the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: In line with the evolution of EU and UN environmental policy, the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy was published in September 2020. The first Circular Economy Strategy and the Circular Economy Programme were published in November 2021, and in July 2022 the Circular Economy Act completed its passage through the Oireachtas. Over the past 2 years Government have put in place the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...economy. The Unit works closely with the Environmental Protection Agency in the delivery of the Circular Economy Programme with the objective of ensuring our society uses less resources and prevents waste to achieve sustainable economic growth and with the Regional Waste Management Planning Offices in the design and implementation of the National Waste Management Plan for a Circular...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authorities (8 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Under the Litter Pollution Act, 1997, the primary responsibility for management and enforcement responses to litter pollution lies with local authorities. It is a matter for each local authority to determine the most appropriate public awareness, enforcement, and clean-up actions in relation to litter taking account of local circumstances and priorities. My Department provides financial...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (25 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: In recognition of the stock management challenges faced by producers, distributors and retailers around the introduction of Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) and to avoid unnecessary waste, a short transition period is in place to manage the selling off of old stock and the introduction of new stock. This means that retailers can continue to sell drinks that do not have the national DRS (Re-turn)...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the Deputy. The use of biomass in power generation has a role. The main example we have at the moment is the Edenderry power plant, managed by Bord na Móna, which was designed to be 100% biomass compatible and has done exactly that. We switched away from the burning of peat in it. We are using 100% wood material now. I met Bord na Móna on this issue last week and I...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (7 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...of State at the Department of Environment, Climate & Communications. The relevant sections of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act allowing for the use of CCTV under the Waste Management Act and Litter Pollution Act and the use of other Mobile Recording Devices under the Waste Management Act were commenced from the 15th February. It is therefore now open to any...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Litter Pollution (5 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...of State at the Department of Environment, Climate & Communications. The relevant sections of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act allowing for the use of CCTV under the Waste Management Act and Litter Pollution Act and the use of other Mobile Recording Devices under the Waste Management Act were commenced from the 15th February. It is therefore now open to any...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (27 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The waste management market is serviced by private companies, in accordance with the requirements of their waste collection permits as issued by the National Waste Collection Permit Office (NWCPO). The terms and conditions of contracts, including pricing plans, are matters between those companies and their customers, subject to compliance with all applicable waste and consumer rights...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...Programme in January which is available on Gov.ie. My Department is currently progressing two priority Bills, namely the Gas Safety (Amendment) Bill 2023 and the Environment Protection Agency and Waste Management (Amendment) Bill 2024. Government approved the general scheme of the Gas Safety(Amendment) Bill in November last year. It is currently with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (13 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: 'MyWaste.ie', an initiative of the Regional Waste Management Offices on behalf of my Department provides advice on how to manage waste, including duvets and pillows. See www.mywaste.ie/what-to-do-with/duvets-pillows/. Our current plans for textile waste is set out in a Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy 2020-2025 which establishes our commitment to tackle the environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Social Welfare Schemes (13 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Local authorities are responsible for municipal waste collection and waste management planning within their functional areas. It is open to the Chief Executive of any local authority to exercise their executive function in relation to waste collection to re-enter the waste collection market as direct service providers if they so choose, either alongside existing permitted service providers or...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (13 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Local authorities are responsible for municipal waste collection and waste management planning within their functional areas. It is open to the Chief Executive of any local authority to exercise their executive function in relation to waste collection to re-enter the waste collection market as direct service providers if they so choose, either alongside existing permitted service providers or...