Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2015
1087. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Environmental Protection Agency has noted any negative impacts in the Irish atmosphere and weather systems from out-of-control vegetation fires and industrial pollution in countries in the Far East, including Indonesia and China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38015/15]
View answerThe recently report Air Quality in Ireland 2014 – Key indicators of Ambient Air Quality, published by the EPA, outlines that no levels above the EU limit value were recorded at any of the ambient air monitoring sites in Ireland in 2014 and that in general, Irish air quality continues to be of good quality relative to other EU countries and relative to the EU limit values. The national ambient air monitoring network has not recorded values in excess of the information and alert thresholds for the pollutants specified in Schedule 12 of the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2011, thus far in 2015.
Furthermore, the national ambient air quality monitoring network has not detected specific pollution episodes relating to fires or industrial pollution attributable to sources in the Far East during 2014 or to date in 2015.
