118. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a full Government investigation will take place into the water and air quality in, around and downstream of a plant (details supplied); if an investigation into the reason the EPA has not suspended or revoked the licence in the face of this severe and consistent non-compliance will also be investigated; and if he will make a statem…
Topics / Environmental Investigations
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsEnvironmental Investigations
17 questions from 6 TDs, between 13 May 2025 and 7 September 2026.
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163. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to two fuel leaks into the river Liffey (details supplied); whether his Department and the Environmental Protection Agency have engaged with Irish Rail in relation to cleanup efforts; if an environmental damage assessment has been carried out; if there is a timeline for repairs to be carried out; and if he will make a statem…
543. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an independent ecological damage assessment will be undertaken in respect of the River Allow, in view of its designation under the Munster Blackwater Special Area of Conservation (site code 0021700) and its blue-dot high-status objective; and when the assessment is expected to be completed and reported. [51226/25]
544. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has been formally informed by the Environmental Protection Agency and Inland Fisheries Ireland of recent reported incidents concerning the River Allow; if not, when such notification will occur; and the measures in place to ensure timely inter-agency communication in future. [51228/25]
90. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a report on the Munster Blackwater river biodiversity loss has been submitted to the Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45967/25]
91. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has received a briefing on the recent Blackwater river fish kill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45968/25]
92. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has met with the acting CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland in relation to the recent Blackwater river fish kill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45969/25]
93. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in light of the recent visit by the Minister of State to Mallow in response to an unexplained catastrophic fish kill, if he has received any reports explaining the reason for this environmental disaster either from agencies within his own Department or those not directly within his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
135. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a report on the Munster Blackwater river biodiversity loss has been submitted to the Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45997/25]
136. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has received a briefing on the recent Blackwater river fish kill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45998/25]
137. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has met with the acting CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland in relation to the recent Blackwater river fish kill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45999/25]
774. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to the fact that over half of assessments of forested areas in Ireland indicate bad conservation status under the Nature Directives; the steps he is taking to remedy the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39455/25]
111. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will mandate his Department to work collaboratively with other State agencies to address the environmental degradation of Lady's Island Lake, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36020/25]
129. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to deal with pollution in Lady's Island Lake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36510/25]
131. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is aware of the Environmental Protection Agency's Coastal Lagoons: Ecology and Restoration Report; the actions his Department is taking of foot of it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36511/25]
309. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Environmental Protection Agency has carried out a health risk assessment or environmental risk assessment on chemtrails; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23482/25]
310. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will request an impact risk assessment on the health impact of autism and Alzheimer’s disease due to increases chemtrail activity over Ireland. [23483/25]