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Good practice guidance on SEA for the Tourism Sector

Year: 2023

This guidance note aims to provide guidance and ideas on how to carry out strategic environmental assessments (SEA) of tourism sectoral plans and programmes in Ireland.

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Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields in public spaces in Ireland-Technical Reports

Results of the Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields Monitoring Programme 2021-2022 Technical Reports from all Survey Sites, June 2023

Year: 2023

2022 Annual Report on the National Hazardous Waste Management Plan 2021-2027

Year: 2023

Under Key Action 19.2 of the National Hazardous Waste Management Plan 2021 – 2027, the EPA is required to provide an annual update on the progress of the Plan recommendations. As a result, this report sets out to achieve key action 19.2 of the plan and accordingly Section 3 of this report provides an update on all recommendations and key actions with a timeframe of 2021, 2022, ‘ongoing’ and ‘annually’.

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Water Quality in 2022

An Indicators Report, June 2023

Year: 2023

This report provides an update on the quality of water in Ireland's rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters and groundwater using information collected in 2022.

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Ireland's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections 2022-2040

Year: 2023

This report provides an updated assessment of Ireland’s total projected greenhouse gas emissions out to 2040 which includes an assessment of progress towards achieving its National ambitions under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 and EU emission reduction targets for 2030 as set under the EU Effort Sharing Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2018/842).

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Improving our understanding of Ireland's Air Quality, June 2023

Year: 2023

LIFE Emerald Poster

Year: 2023

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Ireland's Air Pollutant Emissions 2021 (1990-2030)

Year: 2023

Latest report (2023) on Ireland's National Emission Reduction Commitment Directive (NECD) emissions. Five main air pollutants, NOx, SO2, NH3, NMVOC and PM2.5

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Year: 2023

Note of land evidence forum meeting, 17 April 2023

This is the first page of an EPA Fact Sheet on Assessing River Water Quality

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This Plain English fact sheet outlines the work done by the EPA in monitoring and assessing Ireland’s rivers. , April 2023

Year: 2023

Ireland has more than 73,000 km of river channels. If placed end-to-end, they could encircle the Earth almost twice. Three-quarters of these channels are very small streams that typically flow into larger rivers.

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Assessing lake water quality - EPA fact sheet

This Plain English fact sheet outlines the work done by the EPA in assessing water quality in Ireland’s lakes. , April 2023

Year: 2023

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Assessing marine water quality - EPA fact sheet

This Plain English fact sheet outlines the work done by the EPA in monitoring and assessing Ireland’s marine environment. , April 2023

Year: 2023

Ecologically healthy marine waters are a valuable natural resource. They support a rich and diverse range of ecosystems, habitats and species, and they are also a source of food – from wild fisheries and aquaculture. They are also important for recreational activities and tourism.

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Ireland's Final Greenhouse Gas Emissions 1990-2021

Year: 2023

The EPA has produced final estimates of greenhouse gas emissions for the time period 1990-2021

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Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields in public spaces in Ireland

Results of the Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields Monitoring Programme 2021-2022, March 2023

Year: 2023

NIR 2023

Ireland's National Inventory Submissions 2023

Year: 2023

Ireland's annual inventory submissions including the National Inventory Report (NIR) and Common Reporting Format (CRF) data files and supplementary information if available. The NIR contains transparent and detailed information on the inventory for years 1990-2021. The CRF tables contain all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals, implied emission factors and activity data..

IIR 2023

Ireland's UNECE Submissions 2023

Year: 2023

Ireland's submissions under UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) and National Emissions Ceiling Directive (NECD) include the Informative Inventory Report (IIR) and Nomenclature for Reporting (NFR) tables. The IIR and NFR contain detailed information on methodologies, activity data and emission factors and emissions for years 1990-2021.

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