EPA Board Meeting Minutes for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023

AIE request OCCS AIE 2023 03

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2023 Board Minutes

Records 110 – 100

Record 99 – 90

Record 89-80

Records 79-70

Records 69 -60

Records 59-50

Records 49 -40

Records 39 – 30

Records 29-20

Records 19-10

Records 9 -1

Register of Public Sector Bodies 2022 – Provisional

CSO statistical publication, 20 April 2023

The central government sector (S.1311) includes all bodies established through political processes and for whose activities a Minister of government or other responsible person is accountable to the people through the Oireachtas.

This responsibility extends to the presentation of detailed audited annual accounts to the Oireachtas. Central government includes legislative, judicial and executive bodies established in this manner. The sector does not include public corporations or enterprises engaged in the production of commercial services or goods. The main categories of central government bodies are:

  • Departments of State including any additional voted expenditure under the aegis of the Minister; 
  • Extra-Budgetary Funds for which separate accounts are maintained and which are directly administered by departments; and
  • Bodies which are not departments but which are funded almost entirely from the Exchequer, are subject to controls and may be regarded as extensions of government departments.

Failure of EPA’s financial liability instruments

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Responses to AIE

1. Any materials, protocols and/or references considered by the EPA when assessing the suitability of financial instruments such as Insurance policies in place of sureties and/or cash bonds when deciding on appropriate provision for licenced facilities in relation to CRAMP and ELRA.

All EPA guidance documents are available at Financial provision for environmental liabilities | Environmental Protection Agency (epa.ie). The 2015 guidance document Guidance on Financial Provision for Environmental Liabilities is probably most relevant to the request.


2. List of all facilities in the State upon which the EPA has made calls on financial provision in respect of CRAMP and/or ELRA in respect of licenced facilities in the period 1 January 2010 to date.


The EPA has made no calls on financial provision put in place by licensees in the period January 2010 to date.


3. In respect of No. 2, please indicate the nature of the call made i.e. what type of financial instrument did the EPA have recourse to.

Not applicable because the EPA has made no calls on financial provision put in place by licensees in the period January 2010 to date.


4. In respect of any Insurance policies which the EPA have had recourse to under No. 3 above, please indicate any instances in which a call was made in respect of an Insurance policy and same was not met by the Insurer concerned.


Not applicable because the EPA has made no calls on financial provision put in place by licensees in the period January 2010 to date.


5. Any analysis or reports conducted by or on behalf of the EPA on the risk of failure of financial liability instruments when called upon.”

Not applicable because the EPA has made no calls on financial provision put in place by licensees in the period January 2010 to date.