In a submission on the National Air Pollution Control Programme (NAPCP), An Taisce has called for actions on smoky peat, coal and wood burning, vehicles and animal agriculture ammonia to be advanced as public health and legal imperatives. Read more
Thanks to extensive research by our Galway City Association, An Taisce has submitted a detailed report to the EPA on the ongoing wastewater treatment issues in Galway City. The report is based on analysis of multiple incidences of untreated wastewater being discharged into the River Corrib and the Galway Bay SAC in recent years. Read more
The following catalogues An Taisce's submissions on policy consultations. Our submissions on planning applications and appeals are available to view on the relevant Local Authority planning website.
An Taisce have serious questions over the flawed Agri-Food Strategy to 2030 as well as over the robustness of the accompanying environmental assessments and their compliance with EU law. Read more
An Taisce was asked to appear before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on 4th May 2021 as part of the Committee's discussions on the Climate Action Plan. Read more
An Taisce have raised a number of issues to be considered in the forthcoming review of the NItrates Action Programme, calling on the Department to provide a strengthened evidence base for the purposes of the review. Read more
An Taisce considers that the Climate Bill 2020 in its current form is not fit for purpose and is need of radical amendments to make it effective in addressing the climate emergency Read more
An Taisce's submission focuses on the need for an integrated approach that addresses the climate and biodiversity loss emergencies and agricultural diversification to meet the threats and opportunities of a more complex future. Read more
An Taisce's submission highlights the need for urgent action to create a modal shift in our movement patterns away from private car use towards public transport, cycling, and walking. Read more
An Taisce has made a submission to the application by Derryroe Ltd. for 105 apartments and an aparthotel extension at Herbert Park and Pembroke Place, which would include demolition of No 40 Herbert Park, the home of Michael Joseph O’Rahilly who died in the 1916 Rising. Read more
The Department of Housing Planning and Local Government recently published the Draft National Marine Planning Framework to meet the EU legal obligation for Governments to prepare a marine plan, which considers economic, social and environmental aspects to support sustainable maritime development. The Draft NMPF is simply a business-as-usual approach that fails to fully integrate and prioritise biodiversity and climate concerns. Read more
An Taisce appealed the decision by Kilkenny County County Council to grant permission to Glanbia and Dutch company Royal-A-Ware for a cheese plant on the grounds that the environmental impacts were not sufficiently assessed Read more
An Taisce has sent a submission to Dublin City Council, urging that a proposed conversion of No. 15 Usher’s Island, setting for James Joyce’s The Dead, to a 56-bed hostel should not be permitted. Read more
In an era of runaway climate and ecosystem breakdown, any anthropogenic practice at a large scale that cannot be justified on economic, environmental or ecological grounds must be questioned. Read more
An Taisce welcome the creation of the Office of the Planning Regulator and the opportunity to comment on the Draft Strategic Plan 2019-2024. Read more
The initiative to specifically address the Visitor Experience of the Phoenix Park is welcome, however there are a number of areas of concern, in particular concerning the intrusive impact of modern pavilions on the Park’s historic central avenue, and the overriding problem of private motor traffic in the Park. Read more
An Taisce has made a submission to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment notice of intent By Minister Richard Bruton TD to grant a mineral prospecting licence to MOAG Copper Gold Resources Inc, Toronto, Canada in west Connemara. Read more
An Taisce submission on notice of intent to grant a prospecting license to MOAG Copper Gold Resources Inc. to explore for minerals in townlands in Ballynahinch Barony including Boolagare, Callow, Dolan, Doohulla, Emlaghmore, Errisbeg West, Murvey and Tullaghlumman Beg Read more
The DAFM have just completed a public consultation on their Code of Good Agricultural Practice for reducing ammonia emissions from agriculture, a requirement under the National Emission Ceilings Directive (NECD) [1]. Read more
The DAFM have just completed a public consultation on their Code of Good Agricultural Practice for reducing ammonia emissions from agriculture, a requirement under the National Emission Ceilings Directive (NECD). Read more
An Taisce's submission to An Bord Pleanála on the proposed coastal protection works at Trump International Golf Links Doonbeg. This is the response to the applicant's response to our initial appeal. Read more
An Taisce's submission on the 2019 review of the Nitrates Derogation. We highlight the lack of clarity around the purpose of the review and the end results of this consultation. Read more
An Taisce welcome the drafting of this plan, given the urgent need to reverse the alarming trend of both global and national biodiversity loss. However, the submission highlights what we view to be shortcomings in the draft plan. Read more
The consultation on Heritage Ireland 2030 provides the welcome opportunity to advance the protection of our land and marine biodiversity, and landscape and cultural heritage to the most exemplary international standard for the decade ahead. Read more
An Taisce made the following submission as part of the Consultation on the Code of Practice: Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems Serving Single Houses. Read more