Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC)
Note submitted from DECC to PAC on Landfill Remediation Programme
Further details of the 494 sites in the landfill remediation programme to include their location, what are the outstanding issues, and what actions are being taken to minimise costs being borne by the State
The Regional Waste Management Plans are being updated and consolidated with a view to publishing a single National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy in Q1 2023. This will set out the renewed roadmap for delivery of the national policy for the landfill remediation grant programme for the next 7 years.
Attached at Appendix I is a spreadsheet which provides the current position on the status of all 494 sites.
The term ‘commenced’, as referenced in Appendix I, has been used to broadly include sites where local authorities have sought funding under the grant programme e.g., some level of works has commenced; ‘authorised’ means sites now regulated under the Waste Management Act (as amended), 1996; and ‘resolved’ means sites addressed by local authorities without drawdown of grant funding and no further works are envisioned.
Details of the landfill remediation programme in Coolock/Darndale
See Appendix for lists of sites
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Notes
“Closed landfill register (formerly Section 22 register) now revised with ICT support in place to utilise the database to track progress” – what does this mean exactly and where is the data published ?
“Sites of Concern Programme” DECC anti dumping project ? no details online aside from this report to PAC
2019 Anti-Dumping Initiative: https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/e27ac-anti-dumping-initiative/
Kildare County Council Silliot Hill, Private/illegal dump (remediated historic landfill, Euro 6.42m costs)
Kildare Kerdiffstown, Illegal dump (not on closed landfill register, €14m costs – Kerdiffstown was a licensed site which invoked waste enforcement intervention due to operating outside of its licensing conditions)
Coolock/Darndale landfill remediation programme. Large scale illegal dumping site on a green space between the R139 road and a
residential area in Moatview, Darndale. Managed via National Waste Enforcement Steering Committee (NWESC). Enforcement actions at the site have included the prosecution of individuals under the Waste Management Act and the revocation of the waste collection permit of a local resident. Specialist Environmental Consultants have been engaged by DCC to undertake Environmental Assessments to gauge both the scale and type of waste involved and to advise on the subsequent means and level of clean up required.
High Risk Sites
S22-02664 SR Kerry County Council, Ahascra (High, Commenced)
S22-02170 SR Cork County Council Ballymagooley (High)
S22-02487 EMR Longford County Council Ballymaurice (High, Commenced)
S22-02324 SR Cork County Council Blacksticks (High, Commenced)
S22-02512 SR Tipperary County Council Brittas road (High, Commenced)
S22-02489 EMR Longford County Council Cartron big (High, Commenced
S22-02423 CUR Roscommon County Council Castlerea (High, Commenced)
S22-02465 SR Limerick City and County Council Churchtown (High, Commenced)
S22-02237 CUR Galway County Council Clifden – Tullyvoheen (High, Commenced)
S22-02305 SR Cork County Council Clonakilty (High, Commenced)
S22-02310 SR Cork County Council Clountreem (High, Commenced)
S22-02564 SR Tipperary County Council Connawarries (High, Commenced)
S22-02634 SR Tipperary County Council Coole, Knocklofty (High, Commenced)
S22-02432 EMR Kildare County Council Digby Bridge, Barrettstown, Sallins (High, Commenced)
S22-02662 SR Kerry County Council Dingle (High, Commenced)
S22-02639 EMR Wicklow County Council Fassaroe 2 and 1 (High, Commenced)
S22-02633 EMR Wicklow County Council Fassaroe 3A (High, Commenced)
S22-02623 CUR Sligo County Council Finisklin (High, Commenced)
S22-02198 EMR Meath County Council Fletcherstown Bog (High)
S22-02166 EMR South Dublin County Council Friarstown (High Commenced)
S22-02244 CUR Galway County Council Glenamaddy (High Commenced)
S22-02236 CUR Galway County Council Gort (High Commenced)
S22-02444 SR Waterford City and County Council Kilbarry municipal landfill (High)
S22-02528 CUR Monaghan County Council Killycard – Castleblayney (High Commenced)
S22-02296 CUR Monaghan County Council Killycronaghan (High Commenced)
S22-02443 EMR Kildare County Council Knocknagarm Refuse Depot, The Curragh (High Commenced)
S22-02321 SR Cork County Council Little island (High Commenced)
S22-02479 SR Limerick City and County Council Rathbane south (High Commenced)
S22-02656 SR Kerry County Council Rockfield (Killarney) (High, Commenced)
S22-02172 SR Cork County Council Sallys cross (High)
S22-02303 SR Cork County Council Skibbereen (High)
S22-02565 SR Tipperary County Council Tipperary Town (High Commenced)
S22-02663 SR Kerry County Council Tralee (High Commenced)
S22-02246 CUR Galway County Council Tuam (High Commenced)
S22-02167 EMR South Dublin County Council Waterstown (High Commenced)
S22-02502 SR Clare County Council Whitegate (High Commenced)
2374 CUR Donegal County Council Rossbracken (Commenced High)
2758 EMR South Dublin County Council Woodtown Map Ref A 205 Commenced High
2834 EMR Kildare County Council Wolfestown, Eadestown, Naas Commenced High
2838 EMR Kildare County Council Pollardstown (Thomas & Patrick Munnelly) Commenced High
2164 SR Waterford City and County Council Mulrooneys site along tramore rd st johns river Commenced High
2775 EMR Wicklow County Council Brownfield Restoration Irl Ltd Under Remediation High
S22-02593 CUR Galway City Council Southpark Resolved High
S22-02399 EMR South Dublin County Council Cruagh, rockbrook Resolved High
S22-02247 SR Cork City Council Carrigrohane Road Commenced High
S22-02490 EMR Longford County Council Longford town no. 1 Commenced High
Tender: provision of a compliance tracking software solution for the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications has a requirement for a compliance tracking software solution to replace an existing manual process. The Department is now seeking information from providers of compliance tracking software that have a track record in providing secure standards based compliant compliance tracking software solutions.
The current manual process involves up to 80 different external organisations, operating in different sectors of the economy, submitting a Self-Assessment spreadsheet on a yearly basis
These spreadsheets are used to track organisations’ performance against key outcomes and progress of Corrective Action Plans.
These spreadsheets span multiple excel tabs, within each tab there are multiple sections and multiple columns. Organisations assess themselves against these out-comes which are then used by DECC to track performance.
This current manual process has a number of drawbacks such as difficulty to:
- compare performance across years
- identifying common gaps or issues
- identifying areas of good or poor performance
- produce reliable and detailed reports
- inability to query information easily
The move to replace this manual process is part of a move to increase electronic management of the documents and automation of steps within the compliance process and to provide a secure and user-friendly application for the end users. The change is also aiming to create reliable and timely statistics, detailed reports, audit tracking capabilities and the ability to easily identify gaps to facilitate management of the compliance process as well as reporting to senior management and external constituents on compliance progression.
DECC is seeking information from providers of compliance tracking software that have a track record in providing secure standards based compliant compliance tracking software solutions.
The purpose of this Request for Information is to assist DECC in clarifying its requirements and evaluating potential options for such software solutions.