Enforcing EU Environmental Law Enforcement Challenges in Ireland
Enforcing EU environmental laws poses challenges in Ireland particularly in key sectors such as water, nature, impact assessment, waste, air quality, and governance. The European Commission's DG Environment tracks open infringements per member state, with Ireland facing issues in various sectors including water treatment, urban waste, habitats conservation, and impact assessment transposition. Governance challenges include high judicial costs, lack of process predictability, and reluctance to address issues with state bodies like Derrybrien. Addressing these challenges is crucial for ensuring environmental compliance and protection in Ireland.
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Enforcing EU Environmental Law Enforcement Challenges in the Irish Context University College Cork Sibylle Grohs European Commission, DG Environment
Key Sectors Water Nature Impact Assessment Waste Air Quality Governance
DG ENV Open Infringements per Member State (359) 17/10/2019 29 30 24 25 23 21 20 19 20 17 17 17 15 14 14 14 14 15 13 12 11 11 10 9 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 2 2 0 EE LU NL DK FI LT LV MT HR HU AT CZ SE RO BE DE SI SK PT BG CY FR PL IT UK IE EL ES
DG ENV Infringements per sector for Ireland (23) - 17/10/2019 CHEMICALS; 1 WATER; 4 IMPACT; 3 IMPACT, NATURE; 1 MISCELLANEOUS; 1 NATURE; 3 WASTE; 10
Water Sector 1. Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive C-427/17 of March 2019 Water Framework Directive Additional letter of formal notice November 2018 Drinking Water Directive letter of formal notice July 2018 Late reporting 2ndRBMP, Flood Risk Maps, MSFD 2. 3. 4.
Nature Sector 1. Birds Directive C-418/04 2. Habitats Directive SAC designation, conservation objectives Reasoned Opinion November 2018 3. Peat Bogs Raised and Blanket Bogs Priority Habitats
Impact Assessment Sector 1. Late Transposition EIA Directive (2014/52/EU) Derrybrien Implementation C-215/06 (1stjudgment) and C-261/18 (awaiting 2ndjudgment) 2. 3. Peat Extraction Letter of formal notice July 2019
Waste and Air Quality Sector 1. Reduced landfilling and overall number of sites 2. Improved enforcement 3. Air Quality Directive - PM10 and NO2 limit values 4. Reducing coal and peat burning
Governance 1. High costs of judicial procedure 2. Follow up of C-470/16 (NE Pylons) & C-167/17 (Klohn) 3. Lack of predictability and speed of process 4. Reluctance to tackle state bodies - Derrybrien
Changes in Brussels: what to expect? Prominent objectives: 1. Curtailing biodiversity loss 2. Delivering the zero-pollution ambition 3. Circular economy closer to reality
