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Air

Air Emissions - Nitrogen Oxides

Air Emissions - Nitrogen Oxides

Air emissions nitrogen oxides indicator thumbnail image

Air quality_ground level ozone thumbnail image — Air Quality - Ground Level Ozone

Air quality nitrogen dioxide indicator image — Air Quality - Nitrogen Dioxide

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Air quality PM10 indicator image — Air Quality - PM10

Air quality PM2.5 indicator image — Air Quality - Particulate Matter 2.5

Climate

Greenhouse gas emissions share by sector 1990

1990 Sectoral Share Pie

2023 Provisional Share by sector — Greenhouse gas emissions share by sector in 2023

GHG emissions share by sector 2021 — Greenhouse gas emissions share by sector in 2021

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Greenhouse gas emissions by sector 1990-2023 CO₂ eq.

All sectors GHG Projections 2023-2030 — Greenhouse gas projections (WEM) by sector 2023-2030 CO₂ eq.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Sector

GHG Emissions Projections to 2020 HighChart Image — GHG Emissions Projections to 2020

Compliance with ESD targets 2013 to 2020 thumbnail image — Compliance with ESD Targets 2013-2020

Effort Sharing Decision HighChart Image — Effort Sharing Decision

Agriculture sector emissions share 2023

Agriculture GHG emissions share by source 2023

Agriculture emissions 1990-2023

Agriculture projected emissions (WEM) 2023-2030

Sensitivity assessment of the Agriculture sector under the With Existing Measures (WEM) scenario to 2030

Energy industries sector emissions share 2023

Energy industries emissions 1990-2023

Energy industries projected emissions 2023-2030

Energy industries emissions and projections under With Existing Measures (WEM) scenario 1990-2030

Residential sector share in 2023

Residential emissions by fuel type 1990-2023

Residential sector projected emissions by fuel type 2023-2030

Transport sector share in 2023

Transport emissions 1990-2023

Transport projected emissions 2023-2030

Waste sector emissions share in 2023

Waste greenhouse gas emissions 1990-2023

Waste projected emissions (WEM) 2023-2030

Commercial & public services sector emissions share in 2023

Commercial Public services emissions 1990-2023

Commercial Public services projections (WEM) 2023-2030

Manufacturing combustion sector emissions share in 2023

Manufacturing combustion emissions 1990-2023

Manufacturing combustion projections (WEM) 2023-2030

F-gases emissions by gas 1990-2023

F-gases projections by gas (WEM) 2023-2030

Industrial processes and F-Gas sector emssions share in 2022

Industrial processes emissions 1990-2023

Industrial processes projected emissions (WEM) 2023-2030

Greenhouse gas emissions by gas 1990-2023

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions by sector 1990-2023

Methane (CH₄) emissions by sector 1990-2023

Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) emissions by sector 1990-2023

Trends in emissions for largest sectors 1990-2019

GHG emissions per captia — EU/EEA member states GHG emissions per capita by gas 2022

LULUCF emissions and removals 1990-2023

LULUCF projected emissions and removals 2023-2030

Projected emissions and Annual Emission Allocations (AEAs) under the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) for the period 2021-2030

Compliance & Enforcement

Site Visits from Q1 to Q3 2025

Summary information for EPA site visits from Q1 to Q3 2025

Q3 2021 Complaints Jan to Sept 2021 — Complaints received January to September 2020 & 2021

Compliance investigations opened and resolved from Q1 to Q3 2025

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Non-Compliances from Q1 to Q3 2025

Complaints received from Q1 to Q3 2025

Drinking Water

Nitrates in Groundwater

Nitrates in Groundwater (1995 to 2019)

Nitrates in Groundwater HighChart Image

Image of Drinking Water Public Supplies indicator up to 2023 — Drinking Water Quality (Public Supplies)

Freshwater & Marine

Bathing Water Quality

Bathing Water Quality

image of the Bathing water indicator with data to 2024

River water quality indicator image 2020 to 2022 — River Water Quality (2020-2022)

River water quality phosphates indicator image — River Water Quality Phosphate (2020-2022)

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Lake Water Quality Total Phosphorous indicator image — Lake Water Quality - Total Phosphorous (2020-2022)

Nitrates in Rivers 2020 to 2022 image — Nitrates in Rivers (2020-2022)

Nitrates in Groundwater indicator thumbnail image — Nitrates in Groundwater (2020-2022)

Lake Water Quality thumbnail image — Lake Water Quality (2020-2022)

Nitrates in Groundwater HighChart Image — Nitrates in Groundwater

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Radiation

Distribution of average radiation dose in Ireland

Distribution of average radiation dose in Ireland 59 percent radon highlighted and using report colours

Distribution of average radiation dose, radon highlighted — Distribution of average radiation dose in Ireland

Image of graph displaying Annual Average Cs-137 activity concentrations in seawater compared to annual liquid discharges of Cs-137 from Sellafield — Annual average Cs-137 activity concentrations in seawater compared to annual liquid discharges of Cs-137 from Sellafield

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Graphic depicting natural vs artificial sources of radiation dose - 90 per cent from natural. 10 per cent from medical. other artificial sources less than 1 per cent — Radiation dose from artificial and natural sources

Wastewater

Urban Waste Water Treatment

Urban Waste Water Treatment

Urban Waste Water Treatment 2022 indicator thumbnail image

Graph displaying priority — Priority Areas

graph displaying compliance with urban waste water — Compliance with Urban waste water treatment directive

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graph displaying Compliance with licence discharge limits — Compliance with licence discharge requirements*

graph displaying raw sewage information — Raw Sewage

bar chart reasons for DWWTS failure 2024 — Reasons for DWWTS failures 2024

bar chart DWWTS advisory notice open more than 2 years 2024 — DWWTS failures open more than 2 years

Waste

Figure 1. Quarterly data on municipal waste accepted at landfill

The first look data for Q3 2022 shows municipal waste was 98230 tonnes which is down on Q1 and Q2 which had 118979tonnes and 156949tonnes respectively

A bar chart that displays quarterly data on waste to energy recovery through incineration and co-incineration — Figure 2. Quarterly data on waste to energy recovery through incineration and co-incineration

Graph showing quantities of BMW disposed to landfill from 2010 to 2021 — Biodegradable waste diversion from landfill

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Household waste thumbnail 2020 — Household waste per capita

Recovery and disposal of municipal waste thumbnail image — Recovery and disposal of municipal waste

Recovery and recycling of packaging waste indicator thumbnail image to 2021 — Recovery and recycling of packaging waste

Figure 1. Types of waste accepted for composting/anaerobic digestion in Ireland in 2020 (note: figures exclude wastes accepted for biostabilisation)

Graph — Figure 4. Final Treatment of C&D Waste Streams, 2019

Figure 2 shows a breakdown of C&D waste treated in Ireland in 2020. Recycling accounted for 8%, backfilling 81.78%, energy recovery 0.48% and disposal was 9.71% — Figure 2. Treatment of C&D waste in Ireland in 2020

Graph — Figure 3. Treatment of C&D waste material in Ireland, 2019

Figure 1. Number of operational municipal waste landfills and incinerators, 2007 to 2021

Graph showing quantities of BMW disposed to landfill from 2010 to 2021 — Figure 1. BMW quantity to landfill, compared to Landfill Directive limits.

Figure 1 shows that Ireland’s ‘Total reuse and recycling’ rate for ELVs decreased from 90.33% in 2020 to 87.81% in 2021. The figure shows that while there has been an increasing trend in the percentage since 2010, there has been a slight decline in 2021 compared to 2020. Figure 1 shows that the ‘Total reuse and recovery’ rate for ELVs decreased from 97.12% in 2020 to 95.74% in 2021. The figure s — Figure 1. End-of-life vehicles reuse, recycling and recovery percentages 2010-2021 and distance to target

Figure 2. Municipal waste recycled, used as fuel and disposed to landfill (tonnes), 2001 - 2018

Graph — Figure 3. Annual data on waste recovery and disposal at landfill

Graph — Figure 1. WEEE collected and recovered, 2008 - 2019

Figure 1. Final treatment of waste tyres

Graph — Figure 1. Percentage recovery and recycling, 2009 to 2018

Graph — Figure 2. Percentage recovery and recycling, 2009 to 2019

A bar chart showing the total amount of hazardous waste managed from 2009 to 2021. There was an increase in the amount generated every year from 2009 to 2019 and a decrease in 2020 and again in 2021. — Figure 3. Quantity of hazardous waste generated and treatment location 2009-2021

Figure 4. On-site treatment of hazardous waste at EPA licensed industrial facilities in 2021

Figure 5 shows the destinations for hazardous waste exports from 2015 to 2022. All hazardous waste is sent to countries with waste management systems to deal with it i.e. signatories to the Basel Convention — Figure 5. Hazardous Waste Exports 2015-2021 (excluding contaminated soils which are discussed separately below)

This line chart from 2009 to 2022 shows that the amount of soil generated rose in 2022. Soil exported for treatment fell to almost zero, as did soil treated on site of generation. Almost all soil was treated at Irish hazardous waste management facilities. — Figure 6. Quantity of contaminated soil treated, 2009-2021

Sample pie chart — Figure 2. Breakdown of WEEE collected in 2019 (by weight)

Environment and Wellbeing

Air Quality - Particulate Matter 2.5

Air Quality - Particulate Matter 2.5

Air quality PM2.5 indicator image

image of the Bathing water indicator with data to 2024 — Bathing Water Quality

Image of Drinking Water Public Supplies indicator up to 2023 — Drinking Water Quality (Public Supplies)

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Urban Waste Water Treatment 2022 indicator thumbnail image — Urban Waste Water Treatment

graph displaying compliance with urban waste water — Compliance with Urban waste water treatment directive