Good practice guidance on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Landscape
Year: 2023
This document aims to provide guidance and ideas on how to take landscape considerations into account when carrying out strategic environmental assessments (SEA) of plans and programmes in Ireland.
Circular Economy and Waste Statistics Highlights Report 2021
Year: 2023
This report gives the data highlights on waste generation and management in Ireland in 2021. Key trends and progress towards upcoming EU targets, along with information on material consumption and circularity are provided. A new spotlight section focuses on current topics in the circular economy area. An update to circular economy actions published in 2022 is given along with further actions that government, industry and individuals can make to help us transition towards a circular economy.
Urban Wastewater Treatment in 2022
Year: 2023
This report provides an overview of urban wastewater treatment in Ireland during 2022. It identifies the priority issues that Uisce Éireann must address to protect our environment from the harmful effects of wastewater discharges.
Climate Change in the Irish Mind Wave 1 Insight Report 2
Climate Risk Perceptions, October 2023
Year: 2023
This is a detailed examination of some of the findings of the 'Climate Change in the Irish Mind’ 2021, Wave 1 baseline study. This report shows that despite high levels of concern among the Irish public about climate change and high levels of overall support for climate action, there remains a sense that people in other countries and in the future will be more impacted than Irish people in the here and now.
Climate Change in the Irish Mind Wave 1 Insight Report 1
Support for Climate Policies, October 2023
Year: 2023
This is a detailed examination of some of the findings of the 'Climate Change in the Irish Mind’ 2021, Wave 1 baseline study. This report indicates that the majority of Irish people support climate policies. Opposition to climate policies does not appear to be reflective of climate denial, underlying concerns, or suspicions around climate change, rather it is related to local issues and concerns.
Seventeenth National Radon Forum
Year: 2023
The 17th National Radon Forum took place on Wednesday 4th October in the Clayton Silversprings Hotel in Cork. Download the agenda from the day here.
2022 - 2023 Monitoring Report, Procurement and Processing of Environmental Samples for PFAS Analysis along River Lee and Cork Harbour
Year: 2023
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large group of man-made chemicals widely used in industrial and consumer products due to their water and oil resistance, chemical and heat stability, friction reduction and surfactant properties. They can be found in many everyday products, including outdoor clothing and also in fire-fighting foams but can have harmful effects on human health and the environment.
Air quality in Ireland 2022
Year: 2023
Air quality in Ireland is generally good, however, there are concerning localised issues that are impacting negatively on the air we breathe. Ireland met all of its EU legal requirements in 2022, but it did not meet the new health-based WHO guidelines in 2022. Ireland and Europe should move towards achieving the health-based WHO air quality guidelines.
2022 Household Municipal Waste Characterisation Report
Year: 2023
The full report on the 2022 household municipal waste characterisation including methodology, results and recommendations.
2022 Commercial Municipal Waste Characterisation Report
Year: 2023
The full report on the 2022 commercial municipal waste characterisation including methodology, results and recommendations.
Ireland's Provisional Greenhouse Gas Emissions 1990-2022
Year: 2023
The EPA has produced provisional estimates of greenhouse gas emissions for the time period 1990-2022. This report provides early insight into the annual greenhouse gas emissions in advance of final data being submitted to the EU and UN in 2024.
Ireland’s National Water Quality Monitoring Programme 2022–2027
This document presents Ireland’s national Water Quality Monitoring Programme for the period 2022-2027., July 2023
Year: 2023
The main purpose of the programme is to provide a coherent and comprehensive national overview of the ecological and chemical status of surface waters (rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters) and the quantitative and chemical status of groundwaters.
Best practice guidance for handling asbestos
Year: 2023
This best-practice guide has been developed in response to a recommendation in The National Hazardous Waste Management Plan (NWHMP) - to produce best-practice guide for handling asbestos waste; and identify options for collection of asbestos and asbestos contaminated wastes.
Water quality monitoring report on nitrogen and phosphorous concentrations in Irish waters 2022
This report provides an update on the results of water quality monitoring to support the assessment of the impact of the nitrate’s derogation on Irish waters, as required under Regulation 37 of the European Union (Good Agricultural Practices for the Protection of Waters) (Amendment) Regulations., June 2023
Year: 2023
The EPA has carried out the interim review of water quality as specified by the Commission as a condition of Ireland’s derogation under the Nitrates Directive. Annex 1 of this report provides an additional water quality assessment, based on the assessment criteria prescribed by the European Commission in Article 12 of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/696.
Supporting information for the interim water quality review as required as a condition of Ireland's derogation under the Nitrates Directive - Technical Document
Year: 2023
Supporting information for the interim water quality review as required as a condition of Ireland's derogation under the Nitrates Directive - Technical Document