Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 October 2021
155. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the regional waste management plans; the regions covered by the plans; if domestic waste generated in those regions is wholly disposed of within those regions; if not, the type of waste that is disposed of outside the region; the location of the waste disposed of and the volumes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51743/21]
View answerThe Regional Waste Management Planning Offices (RWMPOs), on behalf of the local authority sector, are currently drafting one National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy which will replace the current three Regional Waste Management Plans. A pre-draft public consultation process took place earlier this year and I am informed that the RWMPOs expect to publish a draft plan in Q1 2022, followed by a further public consultation process with the final plan expected to be published in mid 2022. For details of the Regions covered by the current Regional Waste Management Plans please see http://emwr.ie/ , http://southernwasteregion.ie/ and http://www.curwmo.ie/. Not all waste generated in a specific region is disposed of within that region - some is processed within the same or other regions, some is sent for recovery in other EU Member States.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for the collation of national waste data and reports annually on Ireland’s performance against the targets set out in EU and national legislation, please see https://www.epa.ie/our-services/monitoring--assessment/waste/national-waste-statistics for further information.
Finally, the National Transfrontier Shipments Office (NTFSO) maintains statistics and information on shipments of waste to and from Ireland, the NTFSO Waste Registers are available at the following link https://www.dublincity.ie/residential/environment/national-tfs-office/ntfso-waste-shipment-registers.
