Year: 2021
This note provides good practice guidance on how to carry out strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of energy strategies/plans. It does not constitute statutory guidance and is intended to promote a good practice approach to the application of SEA in the energy sector.
PFAS in fire-fighting foam, February 2021
Year: 2021
A desktop study and survey of users of PFAS-containing fire-fighting foams highlighting the potential risks to human health and the environment via their disposal and use.
Year: 2021
This document presents Ireland’s national WFD monitoring programme for surface and groundwater bodies.
Year: 2021
This report presents the findings of an online survey carried out by Amárach in October 2020 on behalf of EPA to assess the attitudes of the public in Ireland to radiation.
A bulletin on rainfall, river flows, lake levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows. , February 2021
Year: 2021
The majority of meteorological stations recorded monthly rainfall totals above their long-term average for January. It was wettest in the west, south west, north west and the Wicklow Uplands. River flows remained high in the west, north east and east of the country with average monthly flows above normal or particularly high at 47% of sites analysed.
Year: 2021
Through the National SEA Forum the SEA statutory environmental authorities in Ireland have jointly developed an SEA Action Plan to implement the key priority recommendations of the second SEA Effectiveness Review. The implementation of this Action Plan will be dependent on a shared responsibility in delivering the key priority recommendations.
Year: 2021
The EPA, in association with the other SEA environmental authorities, carried out a review of the progress made to date in the delivery of the various actions and recommendations in the 'SEA Effectiveness Review in Ireland Action Plan 2018–2020'. This Progress Update summarises the findings of this review.
Early estimates of Energy and Greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, February 2021
Year: 2021
The dramatic decline in economic activity and travel in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic is translating into greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the short term.
Annual Air Quality Bulletin 2020, January 2021
Year: 2021
Annual Air Quality Bulletin for PM, NO2 and Ozone for the year 2020
Year: 2021
Hydrology Summary Bulletin for December 2020 outlining the flows in rivers, rainfall, lake levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows of over 300 stations across Ireland
Year: 2020
Hydrology Summary Bulletin for November 2020 outlining the flows in rivers, rainfall, lake levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows of over 300 stations across Ireland
Year: 2020
Short infographic outlining the salient points about noise and health
Council Directive of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (91/676/EEC), December 2020
Year: 2020
This report provides the information from Ireland to the European Commission, as required under Article 10 of the Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC), with respect to the seventh reporting period (2016-2019). The report comprises: a description, with maps, of the evolution of water quality in groundwater and surface waters; a statement on the adoption of a Whole Territory Approach with respect to the designation of nitrate vulnerable zones; a summary of agricultural activities and an account of the implementation of the agricultural Code of Good Practice and a summary of the principal measures and an evaluation of the National Action Programme for limiting nitrate inputs from agricultural sources.
