Environmental performance reviews : Ireland / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, contributor.

Series:

OECD environmental performance reviews.

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental management--Ireland.

Environmental management.

Environmental policy--Ireland.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (100 pages)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This review of Ireland's environmental conditions and policies evaluates progress in reducing the pollution burden, improving natural resource management, integrating environmental and economic policies, and strengthening international co-operation. The analyses presented are supported by a broad range of economic and environmental data.

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

General Introduction

Outline of the Report

Detailed Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Abbreviations and Signs

Abbreviations

Signs

Country Aggregates

Currency

Cut off Date

List of Team Members

Conclusions and Recommendations

1. Implementing Environmental Policies

Improving the cost-effectiveness of environmental policies and strengthening environmental infras...

Water

Air

Waste

2. Towards Sustainable Development

Integrating environmental concerns in economic decisions

Towards sustainable transport

3. International Co-operation

1. The context

1. The Physical Context

Figure 1.1 Map of Ireland

2. The Human Context

3. The Economic Context

Figure 1.2 Economic structure and trends

4. The Institutional Context

Central environmental administration

Table 1.1 Fiscal revenues, 1997

Figure 1.3 Organisational chart of the Department of the Environment and local Government

Environmental responsibilities of local authorities

5. Environmental Legislation

Table 1.2 Selected legislation relating to the environment

Part I. Pollution Prevention and Control

2. Water Management

1. Current Situation and Trends

Freshwater resources

Water quality

Figure 2.1 Water resources

Figure 2.2 Water use, late 1990s

Pressures on water resources

Pressures on water quantities

Pressures on water quality

Table 2.1 Main sources of pollution of rivers and streams, 1997

2. Responses

Legal and institutional framework

Figure 2.3 Agricultural inputs, 1997

Figure 2.4 Livestock a density, 1999

Objectives

Regulatory instruments

Discharge permits

Strategic and management plans

Monitoring

Economic instruments

Table 2.2 Water prices, 1998

Funding and expenditure

3. Environmental Performance.

Water quantity

Drinking water supply

Water quality and aquatic ecosystems

Environmental conditions and trends

Cost-effectiveness and instruments

Financing present and future efforts

Figure 2.5 Population connected to public waste water treatment plant, late 1990s

Table 2.3 Population connected to public waste water treatment plant

3. Air Management

1. Air Pollution Situation and Trends

Emissions of atmospheric pollutants

Figure 3.1 Air pollutant emissions

Figure 3.2 Energy structure and intensity

Ambient air quality

Table 3.1 Ambient air quality limits applied in Ireland

Measures to prevent and control air pollution

Regulatory measures

Monitoring and reporting

Investment and expenditure for air pollution prevention and control

Air quality management and the energy sector

Energy intensity

Energy supply

Energy prices

Table 3.2 Energy prices in selected OECD countries, 1998

Air quality management and the transport sector

3. Environmental Performance

Air management

Air quality objectives

Air emissions objectives

Pollution control measures

Integration of air pollution concerns into sectoral policies

4. Waste Management

Figure 4.1 Municipal waste generation, late 1990s

Figure 4.2 Disposal of municipal waste, late 1990s

Table 4.1 Composition of household waste in Ireland

Institutional and regulatory framework

Waste minimisation and disposal

Waste disposal

Table 4.2 Waste disposal and recovery routes, 1998a

Waste minimisation: recycling and prevention

Instruments and financing

Table 4.3 Use of charges for waste collection and disposal, 1994

Hazardous waste management.

Table 4.4 Municipal waste management: operating expenditure and revenues

Waste prevention and recovery

Table 4.5 Recycling rates for packaging waste

Hazardous waste management

Figure 2.4 Livestock density, 1999

Part II. Integration of Policies

5. Environmental and Economic Policies

1. Towards Sustainable Development

The new Irish economy and environmental trends

Very rapid growth and dematerialisation

Table 5.1 Change in GDP, sectoral trends and environmental pressures

Changing consumption patterns

Environmental trends

Institutional integration of environmental concerns

Investment programming in the EU context

The national Sustainable Development Strategy

Implementing the Sustainable Development Strategy: institutional arrangements

Implementing the Sustainable Development Strategy: policy integration

Economic impacts of environmental policies

Environmental expenditure

Financing of environmental expenditure

Competitiveness

Table 5.2 Public environmental expenditure

2. Environmental Policy Instruments

Licensing

Compliance and enforcement

Table 5.3 Integrated pollution control: licensing, monitoring and enforcement

Table 5.4 Economic instruments

Charges

Financial support

Environment related taxation and tax differentiation (energy and transport taxation)

Table 5.5 Environment related taxes, 1999

Other instruments

Spatial planning

Environmental impact assessment (EIA)

Environmental research and development.

Environmental information and education

Participation and partnership

6. Sectoral Integration: Transport

1. Transport Activities and the Environment

Current situation and trends

Transportation networks and fleets

Figure 6.1 Trends in the transport sector

Freight transport

Passenger transport

Pressures on the environment

Air emissions

Noise

Table 6.1 Transport emissions to air, 1990-98

Use of land and resources

Accidents and health risks

Transport policy objectives relating to the environment

Measures for transport infrastructure investment

Table 6.2 Transport investment,a 1994-99

Measures relating to vehicles and fuels

Figure 6.2 Road fuel rices and taxes

Table 6.3 Transport fuel prices, 1998

Instruments relating to car ownership

Instruments relating to car use

Regulatory and other measures for traffic management

3. Progress Towards Sustainability of the Transport Sector

Infrastructure

Vehicles, fuels and traffic

Economic signals

Part III. Co-operation with the International Community

7. International Co-operation

1. Integration in the European Union and Bilateral Co-operation

Transposition of EU directives

EU funding

Table 7.1 EU transfers, 1998a

Co-operation with Northern Ireland

Co-operation with the United Kingdom

2. Protection of the Marine Environment

Coastal activities

Land-based marine pollution

Dumping at sea

Transfrontier marine pollution

Maritime traffic

Oil spills and liability for maritime accidents

3. Nature Protection

Protection of marine mammals.

Protected natural areas

Table 7.2 Categories of protected areas, 1998

Peatlands

Biological diversity

4. Transfrontier Air Pollution

Sulphur oxides

Nitrogen oxides

Volatile organic compounds

Long-range transport of air pollutants

5. Climate Change

Actions and results in the 1990s

Recent commitments and planned actions

Table 7.3 Greenhouse gas emissions, 1998

Table 7.4 Deposition of SO2 and NOx, 1996

Assessment of future results and strategic issues

6. Other Global Issues

Follow-up to UNCED

Ozone depleting substances (ODS)

International trade and investment

Figure 7.1 Official development assistance, 1998

Development assistance

7. Environmental Performance

European and bilateral co operation

Commitments concerning marine environment

Commitments concerning biodiversity and nature protection

Commitments concerning air pollution

Climate change

Sustainable development

Environmental aid

Annexes

Annex I: Selected Environmental Data

Annex II: Selected Economic Data and Trends

Annex III.A: Selected multilateral agreements (worldwide)

Annex III.B: Selected multilateral agreements (regional)

Annex IV. Chronology of Selected Environmental Events (1990-99).

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789264173330 (PDF)

9786610082087

92-64-18797-9

OCLC:

815274765