Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Ceisteanna (515)

Paul Murphy

Ceist:

515. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the top 100 companies with the highest emissions. [47203/19]

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Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment

The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a cornerstone of the European Union's policy to combat climate change and its key tool for reducing industrial greenhouse gas emissions cost-effectively. It is the biggest international system for trading greenhouse gas emission allowances and covers more than 11,000 power stations and industrial plants in 31 countries, as well as airlines. The system covers emissions of carbon dioxide from power and heat generation and a wide range of energy-intensive industry sectors including oil refineries, steel works, and production of iron, aluminium, metals, cement, lime, glass, ceramics, pulp, paper, cardboard, acids and bulk organic chemicals. Nitrous oxide emissions from the production of certain acids and emissions of perfluorocarbons from aluminium production are also included.

An installation is a single stationary technical unit where one or more activities listed under the ETS Directive are carried out. A company/operator may have a number of installations included in the ETS. In Ireland, 75 stationary operators and 13 aircraft operators are included under the scheme. These operate a 104 total installations.

The European Union Transaction Log is the public register of ETS licensees which provides verified emissions figures by Permit ID/Installation. The total verified emissions for each operator is displayed in the following table.

Stationary Operators - Total Verified Emissions (2018) by Account holder

Accountholder/Operator	TOTAL (TONNES CO2)
Ryanair Designated Activity Company	9,879,100
Electricity Supply Board	4,593,362
CRH plc	1,810,780
Norwegian Air International Limited	1,494,039
Limerick Alumina Refining Limited	1,244,116
Synergen Power Limited Power Plant	1,111,570
SSE Generation Ireland Limited	849,704
Aer Lingus Limited	848,646
Quinn Cement Limited	806,637
Bord Gais Energy Limited	678,359
Edenderry Power Limited	565,097
Viridian Power Limited	545,825
Tynagh Energy Limited	510,382
Huntstown Power Company Limited	497,590
Breedon Cement Ireland Limited	424,139
Irving Oil Whitegate Refinery Limited	321,932
Premier Periclase Limited	174,831
Glanbia Ireland Designated Activity Company	131,487
Kerry Ingredients (Ireland) Limited	123,041
Stobart Air Unlimited Company	116,524
Lakeland Dairies Co-operative Society Limited	93,266
Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited	91,105
Bord na Mona Fuels Limited	77,281
Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals	59,644
Diageo Ireland	51,514
Intel Ireland Limited	43,367
ASL Airlines (Ireland) Limited	42,838
Vermilion Exploration and Production Ireland Limited	42,538
Carbery Food Ingredients Limited	42,484
Irish Distillers Limited	41,520
Nutricia Infant Nutrition Limited	38,338
Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited	36,221
PSE Kinsale Energy Limited	36,215
CityJet Limited	35,928
Anglo Beef Processors Ireland Unlimited Company	33,674
Saint-Gobain Construction Products (Ireland) Limited	31,460
FMC Manufacturing Limited	30,987
College Proteins Unlimited Company	25,111
Abbott Ireland	23,098
Aurivo Dairy Ingredients Limited	22,806
Baxter Healthcare SA	20,916
Eli Lilly Kinsale Limited	20,404
Arrabawn Cooperative Society Limited	20,058
BASF Ireland Limited	18,220
Tipperary Co Operative Creamery Limited	15,924
Gas Networks Ireland	14,893
EdgeConneX Ireland Limited	14,413
MSD International GmbH t/a MSD Ireland (Brinny)	12,983
Dublin Products Limited	11,864
Pelagia Feed (Ireland) Limited	11,339
Minch Malt Limited	11,325
Allergan Pharmaceuticals Ireland	9,926
DAA Public Limited Company	9,827
Regeneron Ireland Unlimited Company	9,485
MSD International GmbH (trading as MSD Ireland (Ballydine))	9,083
Medite Europe Designated Activity Company	9,048
C&D Foods Unlimited Company	8,825
K2 Critical Facilities Management (Ireland) Limited	8,118
Guerbet Ireland Unlimited Company	8,105
St. James's Hospital Board	6,820
Mondelez Ireland Production Limited	5,916
Health Service Executive West	5,900
Genzyme Ireland Limited	5,124
Lagan Brick Limited	4,979
Alexion Pharma International Operations Unlimited Company	4,715
Hovione Limited	4,343
Janssen Sciences Ireland UC	4,093
Novartis Ringaskiddy Limited	4,069
Amazon Data Services Ireland Limited	3,992
Upjohn Manufacturing Ireland Limited	2,955
Smartply Europe Designated Activity Company	2,557
Masonite Ireland Unlimited Company	1,995
Wexford Proteins Limited	1,618
Cushaling Power Limited	939
Runways Information Services Limited	539
Blue City Holdings	417
Prime Aviation JSC	268
Centurion Aviation Services Inc	250
Waspar Limited	193
Google Ireland Limited	164
Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited	140
Johnson & Johnson Aviation	132
Friedkin Aviation Inc	132
Flightstar Corporation	79
Equinix (Ireland) Limited	55
Equinix (Ireland) Enterprises Limited	49
Warner Chilcott	33
Vodafone Group Services Ireland Limited	3

In relation to air travel, while reported by the EPA as a 'memo' item, emissions associated with international aviation emissions are not included in Ireland’s national emissions reported to the UNFCCC, or under Ireland's non-ETS targets under the EU Effort Sharing Decision. Domestic aviation emissions are included in Ireland’s national total for UNFCCC purposes.

Within the EU, CO2 emissions from aviation have been included in the EU ETS since 2013. The legislation applies to emissions from flights from, to and within the European Economic Area (EEA), EU Member States, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. In light of the adoption of a Resolution by the 2016 ICAO Assembly to implement a Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) from 2020, the EU has decided that the geographic scope of the EU ETS be limited to intra-EEA flights from 2017 onwards.