Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, under the environmental liability Directive and its iterations, environmental liability insurance exists; if there is published guidance on the financial provision for environmental liability; and if so, whether such guidance is published. [41014/24]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) manages a Financial Provision regime whereby some priority EPA licensees are required to put in place financial provision to cover potential environmental liabilities that could arise in the event of the licensee not being in a position to meet them.

The list of obligated licensees is at the link below. The link also contains the instrument or instruments put in place by each licensee and the value of those instruments.

EPA Facilities/Installations with Financial Provision Requirements 31/03/24 | Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.ie/publications/compliance--enforcement/licensees/reporting/financial-provisions/epa-facilitiesinstallations-with-financial-provision-requirements-310324.php)

The EPA has published several guidance documents for licensees who are obligated for putting financial provisions in place. The guidance covers such topics as:

• The EPA’s approach to Financial Provision, setting out the seven priority sectors that should be covered. EPA_-Approach_to_Environmental_Liabilities_and_Financial_Provision.pdf (www.epa.ie/publications/compliance--enforcement/licensees/reporting/financial-provisions/EPA_-Approach_to_Environmental_Liabilities_and_Financial_Provision.pdf)
• Guidance on the kind of instruments available and what they can be used for: financiaprovisionsreport.pdf (epa.ie) (www.epa.ie/publications/compliance--enforcement/licensees/reporting/financial-provisions/financiaprovisionsreport.pdf)

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Environmental Protection Agency, as the competent authority that enforces the environmental liability Directive (ELD), has a register of so-called ELD cases; and whether that register is a matter of public record. [41015/24]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Under Article 21 of the European Communities (Environmental Liability) Regulations S.I. 547/2008), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maintains a register of Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) cases. This is called an Article 18 register (under the ELD Directive).

In accordance with article 18 of the ELD Directive, the European Commission collects data on ELD cases from Member States and the EPA provides this data to the European Commission. The register has not been made publicly available by the EPA.