Year: 2021
Performance Delivery Agreement 2021 - 2023 between the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications and between the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Oversight Agreement 2021-2023 , September 2021
Year: 2021
Oversight Agreement 2021-2023 between the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications and between the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Year: 2021
EPA submission on early consultation about the development of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plan (to provide feedback on the outline composition of the proposed interventions). This EPA submission should be read in conjunction with the EPA's submission on the Strategic Environmental Assessment scoping for the plan, dated 13th April 2021.
Year: 2021
EPA submission on the draft chapters “Executive Synthesis” and “Chapter on a Climate Smart and Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture Sector” in the Agri Food Strategy 2030.
Year: 2021
Year: 2021
EPA submission to the public consultation by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the expert advisory group report entitled “Expanding Ireland’s Marine Protected Area Network". In general terms, MPAs are geographically defined maritime areas with certain protections for conservation purposes. The Government aims to designate 30% of our maritime area as MPAs by 2030. Currently our MPA coverage is at 2.13%.
Draft National Hazardous Waste Management Plan 2021-2027, Strategic Environmental Assessment and Natura Impact Statement for Public Consultation, July 2021
Year: 2021
Submissions are invited on the draft National Hazardous Waste Management Plan 2021-2027 and the supporting Strategic Environmental Assessment and Natura Impact Statement. Written submissions or observations can be made by email by 5pm on 17 September to hazwaste@epa.ie. The Environmental Protection Agency has prepared a draft National Hazardous Waste Management Plan (NWHMP) for the period 2021 to 2027. This is the fourth National Hazardous Waste Management Plan and is made under Section 26 of the Waste Management Act 1996. It sets out the priorities to be pursued over the next six years and beyond to improve the prevention and management of hazardous waste, taking into account the progress made since the previous revised plan, and the waste policy and legislative changes that have occurred since the previous revised plan was published. The purpose of this plan is to protect the environment and human health in Ireland through best-practice management of hazardous wastes.
Year: 2021
EPA submission to the consultation by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on the next national Research and Innovation Strategy that will run to 2027.
Year: 2021
The EPA's submission to assist in the preparation of Ireland's Climate Action Plan, a roadmap to becoming a climate-neutral economy and resilient society by 2050.
Year: 2021
The EPA's submission to assist in the preparation of the National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy by the three Regional Waste Management Planning Lead Authorities.
Year: 2021
This is the EPA submission on the Draft/ER for Draft Agri-Food Strategy 2030 and SEA Environmental Report
Year: 2021
This is the EPA submission on the Draft Plan/ER for National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland (NIFTI) and SEA Environmental Report
Year: 2021
This is the EPA submission on the SEA Scoping for 3rd Cycle of the River Basin Management Plan 2022-2027
Year: 2021
This is the EPA submission on the SEA Scoping for the CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027
Year: 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency welcomes the opportunity to provide an input to the strategic review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). The NPWS is an important stakeholder of the EPA, with whom we cooperate and coordinate on a number of common work areas in the interest of protecting the environment in Ireland.
Proposal to replace the National Waste Prevention Programme, March 2021
Year: 2021
In line with the measures proposed in the Waste Action Plan, the EPA is building on fifteen years of leadership on waste prevention to develop a national Circular Economy Programme. The draft programme is now open for consultation to seek views from stakeholders. It is available to download here, and submissions are invited through an online form – see link below.
Year: 2021
EPA submission on Irish Water's National Water Resources Plan
Year: 2021
This is the EPA submission, issued on 05 February 2021, in response to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage's consultation on the Fourth Review of Ireland’s Nitrates Action Programme.
Year: 2021
This is the EPA submission, issued on 5 March 2021, in response to the Shared Island Consultation Paper on Climate and Biodiversity Challenges and Opportunities by the National Economic and Social Council (NESC).
To provide the best evidence for the EPA's Regulatory, Advocacy and Knowledge functions, February 2021
Year: 2021
A two-page leaflet setting out the EPA's framework for evidence, comprising principles, commitments and capabilities.
