# Department of Environment

Last year

2022

First of three €200 electricity credits to appear on bills from tomorrow

The credit line will appear on bills from the start of November and into December

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Oct 31st 2022, 7:00 AM

All time

# Eamon Ryan

Eamon Ryan will travel to Cop26 after second test gives negative Covid-19 result

Minister Ryan had received news of a positive Covid-19 test on Saturday.

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Nov 7th 2021, 1:17 PM

# waste charges

Bin collectors to hand over customer details to help figure out who is fly-tipping

Under new rules, local authorities can request the information from private waste companies.

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Jul 22nd 2016, 10:33 AM

# Long Time Coming

Snapshot of one county: How Ireland's housing crisis grew out of control

Bray town councillor Pat Vance told his colleagues in 2013: “I’ll keep on saying it, time and time again, something needs to be done.”

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Jun 19th 2016, 7:30 AM

# Housing

It looks like just 200 council houses will be built in the whole of 2015

Alan Kelly said that “ten times” more social houses than the 20 built so far this year will be completed by the end of 2015.

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Nov 16th 2015, 6:14 PM

# waiting list

The housing crisis may be much worse than we thought

Figures released by Fianna Fáil show the social housing waiting list stands at 130,000 and not the 89,000 the government claims.

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Sep 7th 2015, 5:46 PM

# THE NEVERENDING STORY

Catherine Murphy claims there have been secret changes to the water charges bill

…but the government says her comments are “baffling”.

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Jun 25th 2015, 4:48 PM

# Dog's Life

14,559 dogs came into Irish pounds last year, here's what happened the ones in your county

2,896 dogs were put to sleep – a drop of 620 from 2013.

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May 27th 2015, 11:29 AM

# Emergency

Firefighters have been given the thumbs up to go on strike

The government wants to make fire crews smaller.

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Mar 20th 2015, 3:36 PM

# Big Philly Style

There are no records of some meetings Phil Hogan had about Irish Water

Fresh details – or the lack of – about discussions between Bord Gáis and the then-environment minister have emerged.

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Dec 22nd 2014, 9:40 AM

# you can't do that!

Management company threatens to cut off water until tenants register with Irish Water

But they say “unclear policies” on water charges have forced their hand.

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Dec 9th 2014, 11:08 PM

# Price hike

Cost of water meters underestimated by €107 million

RTÉ’s This Week programme says the guide price provided to Government was way off.

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Nov 23rd 2014, 8:39 PM

# orange you glad

The Department of Environment has given projects led by the Orange Order €2 million since 2012

The money was paid out under an EU scheme.

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Oct 2nd 2014, 6:30 AM

# Saved

Funding to be restored to 30 health and disability groups

A number of the groups faced closure due to the loss of funding.

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Jul 18th 2014, 3:21 PM

# Small mercies

It turns out the Mahon Tribunal is going to cost less than was previously thought*

*Though it’s still a whopping €159 million.

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Jun 26th 2014, 12:06 PM

# looking to 2050

"Little more than lipstick on a pig." Environment groups not happy with Ireland's climate change plan

The draft plans commit Ireland to a “low-carbon economy by 2050″ but Friends of the Earth say detailed targets are needed.

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Apr 23rd 2014, 6:40 PM

# premiums

Insurance levy on the horizon to help pay for flood repairs

A spokesperson for Minister Hogan said he was “expressing his frustration” with the insurance industry when he spoke about the levy in a recent interview.

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Mar 18th 2014, 5:08 PM

# Wicklow

Over 30 syringes found in a boarded up council house

Sinn Fein Councillor John Brady said it is not an isolated incident and that boarded up houses are becoming drug dens in towns across the country.

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Feb 25th 2014, 6:30 AM

# Back to Work

Dole cut for long-term unemployed who refuse to work in local authorities

The INOU said participants need to be matched appropriately to suitable positions.

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Feb 21st 2014, 9:30 PM

# gloves are off

Hogan's department slams 'usual rhetoric from Green Party' after mayor survey

This week the party said the minister was leaving people guessing on plans for a directly-elected mayor in Dublin when the survey showed 30 councillors were undecided on the issue.

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Feb 20th 2014, 5:28 PM

# tackling cancer

Selling your home? You might have to test it for radon

A new report from the Department of Environment makes the suggestion as part of the effort to tackle the cancer-causing gas.

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Feb 17th 2014, 2:24 PM

# Hot Water

'Did it come from the taxpayer?': PAC chief slams Hogan's officials over Irish Water funding

A suggestion that the exchequer is not funding Irish Water drew criticism from the Public Accounts Committee chairman John McGuinness last night.

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Jan 16th 2014, 9:45 AM

# Water Charges

Water charges will be announced ‘in or around August’

The charges are set to begin in October with the first bills due in early 2015 but a pricing structure has yet to be decided.

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Jan 15th 2014, 10:50 PM

# Planning

Planning process criticised as Government publishes details of public consultation

Ireland has submitted its first report on the implementation of the Aarhus Convention which ensures public participation in environmental planning.

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Jan 7th 2014, 4:40 PM

# Pyrite

Government announces €10 million for pyrite repairs

The funding will be available for about 1,000 properties that require immediate repair but homeowners who have already paid for repairs will not be compensated.

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Oct 16th 2013, 2:17 PM

# Priory Hall

Hogan wants proposed resolution to Priory Hall debacle within three weeks

A spokesperson for the Priory Hall Residents Committee hasn’t “had any contact” with the Department of Environment despite press reports of a planned meeting today.

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Sep 16th 2013, 2:07 PM

# dormant accounts

€43 million collected from dormant accounts this year

Already this year €37, 556 has been released from the Dormant Accounts Fund for charity donations or community projects.

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Aug 2nd 2013, 7:15 AM

# Not being silly

A councillor wants an all-Ireland ban on the sale of silly string

A Northern Ireland councillor is not happy about the sale of silly string which he said is “messy” and “unsightly”.

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Aug 1st 2013, 3:34 PM

# Homelessness

How community living is bringing the homeless in from the cold

A former homeless addict explains how his experience with the charity Stepping Stone worked for him.

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Apr 14th 2013, 7:30 AM

# Protest

Protest under way in Dublin city centre against Local Property Tax (pics)

The route includes Dublin Castle, where EU finance ministers are meeting this weekend.

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Apr 13th 2013, 2:27 PM

# dog control

Huge variations in payment of dog fines by local authorities

Figures from 2012 show payment rates varied from full compliance to just 3.6 per cent.

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Apr 13th 2013, 7:15 AM

# abandoned

30 dogs abandoned every day in Ireland

Pedigree has launched its annual adoption drive, which is now in its sixth year., with the aim of increasing the adoption of dogs in Ireland.

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Apr 9th 2013, 9:16 AM

# Property Tax

Details of 5,100 property tax exemptions to be published tomorrow

While 43,000 households were exempted from last year’s household charge, only 5,100 households have been exempted from the local property tax.

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Mar 20th 2013, 4:44 PM

# Roisin Shortall

Róisín Shortall resignation 'a wrong decision' - Jan O'Sullivan

The Minister of State also spoke about Minister Hogan’s Traveller letter controversy, why gender quotas are a positive thing, and why she’s not in politics for a career.

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Mar 16th 2013, 8:00 AM

# Priory Hall

Minister for housing says ex-residents of Priory Hall are 'in a dreadful situation'

Minister of State Jan O’Sullivan also spoke of Ireland’s ghost estates, the pyrite crisis, and her plans to end homelessness.

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Mar 15th 2013, 6:45 AM

# Penalty Points

Junior minister says Ming's behaviour is 'despicable and hypocritical'

Minister of State Jan O’Sullivan told TheJournal.ie of her own penalty points, and why she has no “sympathy whatsoever” for Deputy Flanagan.

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Mar 14th 2013, 6:45 AM

# Firefighters

Firefighter union chief says he's been barred from all Dublin fire stations

John Kidd, whose union claims to represent most of the firefighters working in Dublin, says he is barred from entering any fire station in the capital amid disputes with management over cuts to resources.

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Feb 15th 2013, 5:00 PM