Latest Publications
Ballindaggin Audit 27/11/2024
Year: 2025
Report of an audit carried out at Ballindaggin public drinking water supply Co. Wexford on 27/11/2024
Carrick on Suir (Crotty's Lake) Audit 05/12/2024
Year: 2025
Report of an audit carried out at Carrick on Suir (Crotty's Lake) public drinking water supply Co. Tipperary on 05/12/2024
Gowna Audit 14/11/2024
Year: 2025
Report of an audit carried out at Gowna public drinking water supply Co. Longford on 14/11/2024
Granard Audit 07/11/2024
Year: 2025
Report of an audit carried out at Granard public drinking water supply Co. Longford on 07/11/2024
Research 474: STEP_WISE: Spatiotemporal Epidemiology of Primary Waterborne Infections – Cryptosporidium and VTEC
Authors: Authors: Paul Hynds, Jean O’Dwyer and Martin Boudou, January 2025
Year: 2025
Ireland regularly reports the highest annual crude incidence of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) enteritis and cryptosporidiosis in Europe, it is typically 5–10 times the European average. Drivers of infections include short-term hydrometeorological conditions, elevated levels of pastoral agriculture and high reliance on septic tanks and private domestic groundwater sources. Forecasts suggest that Ireland will experience significant hydrometeorological pattern changes due to global warming. The STEP_WISE project focused on increasing scientific understanding of the spatiotemporal mechanisms associated with waterborne VTEC enteritis and cryptosporidiosis in Ireland, and determining how these findings could be translated into enhanced environmental, infrastructural and healthcare policies. The research findings provide policy actors with valuable information to address transmission sources, pathways and source–pathway interactions associated with both infections in Ireland.
Hydrology Summary Bulletin - December 2024
Hydrology bulletin on rainfall, river flows, lake levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows for December 2024., January 2025
Year: 2025
Hydrology Summary Bulletin outlining the flows in rivers, rainfall, lake and turlough levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows of over 300 stations across Ireland for the month.
EPA Oversight and Performance Delivery Agreement 2024-2026
Oversight and Performance Delivery Agreement 2024-2026 , January 2025
Year: 2025
Oversight Agreement 2024-2026 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.
EoW Criteria for Recycled Polyester Pads ceasing to be a waste under Regulation 28 of the European Union (Waste Directive) Regulations 2011 – 2020
Recycled Polyester Pads ceasing to be Waste, January 2025
Year: 2025
Purchase Orders Quarter 4 2024 Over €20k
Year: 2025
The public sector reform plan required that all Departments and Agencies start publishing quarterly reports on-line detailing purchase orders of value greater than €20,000. The EPA purchase orders over €20,000 for Quarter 4 2024.
Withdrawal Notice
Year: 2025
Advisory Committee Meeting 24th July 2024
Year: 2025
Advisory Committee Meeting held on 24th July 2024
Advisory Committee Meeting 21st October 2024
Year: 2025
Advisory Committee Meeting held on 21st October 2024
EPA Code of Conduct
Code of Conduct for EPA Directors and Staff, January 2025
Year: 2025
This document sets down the general principles and standards which govern the professional activities and conduct of directors and staff of the Environmental Protection Agency
Food Systems: Food Vision Dashboard
Year: 2025
Presentation by Aidan Gormley, Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine at the European Environment Agency Ireland country visit 17 October 2024.
FOI Disclosure Log to end December 2024
Details of non-personal requests received under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, January 2025
Year: 2025
Details of non-personal requests received under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, published on a quarterly basis.
EPA Audit Report on Tipperary County Council 17/10/2024.
EPA Audit Report on Tipperary County Council 17/10/2024., January 2025
Year: 2025
Radon Remediation Services Registration Form
Registration form and guidelines for companies wishing to register as a remediation service with the EPA, January 2025
Year: 2025
Registration form, requirements and guideline notes for companies wishing to register as a remediation service with the EPA
Research 473: Coastal Lagoons: Ecology and Restoration (CLEAR)
Authors: Brendan O’Connor, Geoff Oliver, Tony Cawley, Cilian Roden, Philip Perrin, Rutger de Witt, Kevin McCaffrey and Aisha O’Connor, January 2025
Year: 2025
Lagoons of good conservation status are dominated by benthic macrophytes rather than phytoplankton blooms. Lady’s Island Lake in Wexford is one of Ireland’s largest lagoons, it is also one of our most eutrophic lagoons, this contrast with the 1980s when clear water was matched by a well-developed benthic sward of widgeon grass. This research conducted a suite of investigations into the reasons for the decline and compared the results with a less impacted saline lagoon. The results show severe degradation in Lady’s Island Lake with over 10 times higher chlorophyll a levels. Runoff of excessive nutrient inputs of nitrogen and possibly phosphorus from agriculture are identified as the main cause of eutrophication. A proposal to replace sea barrier breaching with a pipe also poses a serious risk to reducing lagoonal salinity. The research proposes a range of remedial measures to protect and improve the benthic quality of Lady’s Island Lake and other saline lagoons in Ireland.