Joe Higgins
Question:267 Mr. Higgins (Dublin West) asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the national policy regarding the control of expansion of greenhouse gases. [6958/98]
Written Answers. - Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
Joe Higgins
Question:268 Mr. Higgins (Dublin West) asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the national policy regarding new large plants which will greatly increase greenhouse gas emissions. [6959/98]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 267 and 268 together.
Details relating to the policies and measures which have been put in place to limit and/or reduce greenhouse gas emissions are set out in Chapter 5 of Ireland's Second National Communication under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library. In addition, a consultancy study commissioned jointly by my Department and the Department of Public Enterprise to identify and evaluate the scope for intensifying existing and developing additional policies and measures to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions is expected to be completed shortly and will be made publicly available. The study will address all greenhouse gases and all sectors of the economy, including the energy, industry, transport, commercial, residential and agriculture sectors. Its conclusions will assist in informing future policy having regard to the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol and relevant developments at EU level.
Integrated pollution control licensing by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) now applies to all new activities, with major pollution potential, included in the First Schedule to the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992. In its licensing function, the EPA is required to have regard,inter alia, to relevant public policies and objectives.
Joe Higgins
Question:269 Mr. Higgins (Dublin West) asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the national greenhouse gas inventory submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat for each of the years 1990, 1996 and 1997. [6960/98]
National inventories of greenhouse gases for the years 1990-4 inclusive and 1995 (provisional) are contained in Tables 4.1-4.6 of Ireland's Second National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a copy of which was made available to the Oireachtas Library. Final data for 1995 and provisional data for 1996 are set out in the following tables. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently working on the finalisation of the 1996 inventory and the compilation of the 1997 inventory.
Ireland 1995 Final
Summary Report for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (Gg)
|
Greenhouse Gas Source and Sink Categories |
CO 2 |
CO 2 |
CH 4 |
N 2 O |
NOx |
CO |
NMVOC |
HFC |
PFC |
SF 6 |
|
Emissions |
Removals |
|||||||||
|
Total National Emissions and Removals |
34,116 |
6,230 |
814.22 |
26.16 |
113.12 |
302.44 |
174.69 |
|||
|
1 All Energy (Fuel Combustion+Fugitive) |
32,290 |
0 |
15.57 |
3.58 |
112.78 |
301.84 |
69.76 |
|||
|
A Fuel Combustion |
32,290 |
0 |
4.48 |
3.58 |
112.78 |
301.84 |
65.24 |
|||
|
1 Energy & Transformation Industries |
13,374 |
0 |
0.01 |
1.68 |
42.03 |
3.56 |
0.26 |
|||
|
2 Industry (ISIC) |
3,452 |
0 |
0.12 |
0.36 |
9.57 |
1.52 |
0.14 |
|||
|
3 Transport |
6,198 |
0 |
1.89 |
0.55 |
49.20 |
238.87 |
59.17 |
|||
|
4 Small Combustion |
9,266 |
0 |
2.46 |
0.99 |
11.98 |
57.89 |
5.67 |
|||
|
5 Other |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
6 Traditional Biomass Burned for Energy |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
B Fugitive Emissions from Fuels |
0 |
0 |
11.09 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
4.52 |
|||
|
1 Solid Fuels |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
2 Oil and Natural Gas |
0 |
0 |
11.09 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
4.52 |
|||
|
2 Industrial Processes |
1,772 |
0 |
0.00 |
2.62 |
0.28 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
3 Solvent and other Product Use |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
20.00 |
|||
|
4 Agriculture |
0 |
0 |
636.86 |
19.11 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
58.94 |
|||
|
A Enteric Fermentation |
0 |
0 |
551.47 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
B Manure Management |
0 |
0 |
55.92 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
C Rice Cultivation |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
D Agricultural Soils |
0 |
0 |
29.47 |
19.11 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
5894 |
|||
|
E Prescribed Burning of Savannas |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
F Field Burning of Agricultural Residues |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
G Other |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
5 Land Use Change and Forestry |
0 |
6,230 |
25.76 |
0.85 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
25.54 |
|||
|
A Changes in Forest and Other Woody Biomass Stocks |
0 |
6,230 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
B Forest and Grassland Conversion |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
C Abandonment of Managed Lands |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
D Other |
0 |
0 |
25.76 |
0.85 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
25.54 |
|||
|
6 Waste |
54 |
0 |
136.03 |
0.00 |
0.06 |
0.60 |
0.45 |
|||
|
A Solid Waste Disposal on Land |
0 |
0 |
136.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
B Wastewater Treatment |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
C Waste Incineration |
54 |
0 |
0.03 |
0.00 |
0.06 |
0.60 |
0.45 |
|||
|
D Other Waste |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
7 Other |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|||
|
International Bunkers |
1,510 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
12.27 |
4.96 |
1.24 |
Ireland 1996 Provisional
Summary Report for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (Gg)
|
Greenhouse Gas Source and Sink Categories |
CO 2 |
CO 2 |
CH 4 |
N 2 O |
NOx |
CO |
NMVOC |
HFC |
PFC |
SF 6 |
|
Emissions |
Removals |
|||||||||
|
Total National Emissions and Removals |
34,819 |
6,497 |
799.68 |
26.16 |
||||||
|
1 All Energy (Fuel Combustion+Fugitive) |
33,027 |
0 |
16.10 |
3.67 |
||||||
|
A Fuel Combustion |
33,027 |
0 |
3.89 |
3.67 |
||||||
|
1 Energy & Transformation Industries |
14,087 |
0 |
0.01 |
1.77 |
||||||
|
2 Industry (ISIC) |
3,446 |
0 |
0.10 |
0.37 |
||||||
|
3 Transport |
6,538 |
0 |
1.90 |
0.55 |
||||||
|
4 Small Combustion |
8,956 |
0 |
1.88 |
0.98 |
||||||
|
5 Other |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
6 Traditional Biomass Burned for Energy |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
B Fugitive Emissions from Fuels |
0 |
0 |
12.21 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
1 Solid Fuels |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
2 Oil and Natural Gas |
0 |
0 |
12.21 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
2 Industrial Processes |
1,738 |
0 |
0.00 |
2.62 |
||||||
|
3 Solvent and other Product Use |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
4 Agriculture |
0 |
0 |
654.69 |
18.98 |
||||||
|
A Enteric Fermentation |
0 |
0 |
567.10 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
B Manure Management |
0 |
0 |
58.25 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
C Rice Cultivation |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
D Agricultural Soils |
0 |
0 |
29.34 |
18.98 |
||||||
|
E Prescribed Burning of Savannas |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
F Field Burning of Agricultural Residues |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
G Other |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
5 Land Use Change and Forestry |
0 |
6,497 |
28.86 |
0.89 |
||||||
|
A Changes in Forest and Other Woody Biomass Stocks |
0 |
6,497 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
B Forest and Grassland Conversion |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
C Abandonment of Managed Lands |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
D Other |
0 |
0 |
26.86 |
0.89 |
||||||
|
6 Waste |
54 |
0 |
102.03 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
A Solid Waste Disposal on Land |
0 |
0 |
102.00 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
B Wastewater Treatment |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
C Waste Incineration |
54 |
0 |
0.03 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
D Other Waste |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
7 Other |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
||||||
|
International Bunkers |
1,605 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |