Office of Environmental Enforcement

The Office of Environmental Enforcement is dedicated to the implementation and enforcement of environmental legislation in Ireland.

It is directly responsible for enforcing EPA licences granted to waste and industrial activities and the safe use of ionising radiation in industry, medicine and education.
It is the quality regulator for drinking water treatment plants and responsible for enforcing waste water discharge authorisations issued to Uisce Eireann
It prosecutes or assists in the prosecution of significant breaches of environmental protection legislation.
It supervises the environmental protection activities of local authorities by auditing their performance, provision of guidance and working through NIECE (Network for Ireland's Environmental Compliance and Enforcement).

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