Summary report on the enforcement activities carried out in 2022
The EPA Climate Change in the Irish Mind Opinion Maps, produced in partnership with Yale Programme on Climate Communication show how climate change beliefs, risk perceptions and policy support vary at the county and regional levels
Climate change means a significant change in the measures of climate, such as temperature, rainfall, or wind, lasting for an extended period – decades or longer.
What's happening and what impact will climate change have on Ireland?
The Environmental Protection Agency is the environmental regulator of Irish Water. We issue and enforce authorisations for waste water discharges.
How best to maintain your septic tank.
The Environmental Protection Agency licences, monitors and regulates certain activities in the waste sector.
Learn more about waste
The Environmental Protection agency is the drinking water quality regulator, responsible for enforcing the Drinking Water Regulations for public water supplies.
Where does your drinking water come from?
The EPA assess exposure to radiation from sources in the environment through monitoring programmes and operates a graded authorisation system to register and licence any practice involving the use of radioactive sources or equipment such as X-ray.
What is Radiation and how can it affect you?
The Environmental Protection Agency manages the national ambient air quality monitoring network. We also measure the levels of emissions of a number of atmospheric pollutants. The ambient air pollutants of most concern are fine particulate matter from the burning of solid fuel and nitrogen dioxide from transport emissions.
See the air quality index for health, this will tell the about air in your area