Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2023-03-08
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Eamon Ryan (GP), Dublin Bay South

The holder of an industrial emissions licence is required to submit an annual environmental report, AER, each year to the agency. The AER is designed to facilitate the provision to the public of a concise summary of environmental performance and ongoing developments on a licensed site over the previous year. AERs, depending on the nature of the site, typically include details of environmental objectives and targets achieved to date and go to maintain compliance and-or improve the environmental performance of the facility or operations. They contain information on power, water and resource efficiency, information regarding the facility’s activities, a summary of environmental complaints and incidents, if any, and summary results from emissions monitoring, including air and noise. Given the comprehensive data that will be made available for the consultation on the licence applications and contained in the subsequent AERs, I am afraid I have to reject the amendment.

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Sitting date: 2023-03-08