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Chemicals
European Union Regulation for Chemical Safety
The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government participated with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and other appropriate Government Departments and Agencies in the discussions and negotiations at E.U level for the development of the E.Us REACH Chemicals Regulation. REACH is a new single European Regulation replacing many existing pieces of chemical legislation and is an acronym for Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals. The E.U level negotiations were finalised in 2006 and the new Regulation's provisions will commence operation in June 2007.
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has been appointed as the Competent Authority for REACH in Ireland and more information on the Regulation and its implementation can be accessed at their http://www.reachright.ie/
Publications & Documents
- Environment Policy Statement 2008 (pdf, 21 kb)
- Deering Submission (doc, 92 kb)
- DG Env Submission (doc, 462 kb)
- Ramelton submission (doc, 1,000 kb)
- Kelly submission (doc, 35 kb)
- Masterson submission (doc, 16 kb)
- Murphy submission (doc, 19 kb)
- Keenan submission (doc, 9 kb)
- Kramer submission (doc, 9 kb)
- Cllr O'Kelly submission (doc, 10 kb)
- Gordon submission (doc, 10 kb)
- Leyden NUIG submission (doc, 6,283 kb)
- Nolan submission (doc, 39 kb)
- Mescall & Assoc submission (doc, 162 kb)
- HSE & DoHC submission (doc, 29 kb)
- Riordan submission (doc, 119 kb)
- Keane submission (doc, 50 kb)
- Duffy SOLR submission (doc, 41 kb)
- TCD submission (doc, 45 kb)
- O'Keane St John's Grove submission (doc, 73 kb)
- McDermot RAID submission (doc, 78 kb)
- Wilde submission (doc, 12 kb)
- Cullen Irish Doctors submission (doc, 25 kb)
- O'Kelly submission (doc, 11 kb)
- Delaney submission (doc, 11 kb)
- Lee submission (doc, 69 kb)
- Fitzpatrick submission (doc, 80 kb)
- Garda Siochana submission (doc, 184 kb)
- Moran submission (doc, 11 kb)
- Merrick submission (doc, 11 kb)
- D'arcy submission (doc, 9 kb)
- FIE submission (doc, 38 kb)
- Proctor submission (doc, 39 kb)
- O'Regan submission (doc, 14 kb)
- Cullen submission (doc, 41 kb)
- Martin - Repak submission (doc, 248 kb)
- Cooney submission (doc, 50 kb)
- Flahavan submission (doc, 13 kb)
- Fitzgerald submission (doc, 36 kb)
- Hennessy submission (doc, 43 kb)
- Environmental Pillar submission (doc, 928 kb)
- Michael Ewing submission (doc, 208 kb)
- IBEC submission (doc, 147 kb)
- Hontelez submission (doc, 10 kb)
- Gaynor submission (doc, 10 kb)
- Waterways Ireland submission (doc, 24 kb)
- Presentation Ireland submission (doc, 381 kb)
- Glynn submission (doc, 11 kb)
- Cork Harbour Alliance submission (doc, 110 kb)
- Sweetman submission (doc, 232 kb)
- O'Farrell submission (doc, 10 kb)
- McCarthy submission (doc, 12 kb)
- Waters submission (doc, 83 kb)
- North submission (doc, 48 kb)
- Irish Expert Body on Fluorides & Health submission (doc, 60 kb)
- Cllr Lawlor submission (doc, 10 kb)
- Nolan submission (doc, 39 kb)
- A HSA Stategy Statement (doc, 1,184 kb)
- Health & Safety Authority submission (doc, 21 kb)
- Barnes submission (doc, 158 kb)
- RPII submission (doc, 699 kb)
- IFA submission (doc, 176 kb)
- Joint submission of the Enterprise Development Agencies (doc, 308 kb)
- Johnstown Community Association submission (doc, 12 kb)
- Chambers Ireland submission (doc, 81 kb)
- Irish Environmental Law submission (doc, 78 kb)
- Carey submission (doc, 11 kb)
- Rooney submission (doc, 11 kb)
- DCENR submission (doc, 29 kb)
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency submission (doc, 66 kb)
- Stringer submission (doc, 53 kb)
- McKeogh submission (doc, 133 kb)
- ESB submission (doc, 56 kb)
- HSE submission (doc, 24 kb)
- Teagasc submission (doc, 426 kb)
- CCMA submission (doc, 125 kb)
- Dooley submission (doc, 12 kb)
- Leonard submission (doc, 11 kb)
- Shanahan submission (doc, 69 kb)
- Hicks submission (doc, 10 kb)
- Tyrell submission (doc, 32 kb)
- Kennedy submission (doc, 26 kb)
- Greene submission (doc, 9 kb)
- Duffy submission (doc, 622 kb)
- EPA Advisory Committee submission (doc, 83 kb)
- Costello submission (doc, 35 kb)
- Assoc of County & City Councils submission (doc, 62 kb)
- 1 Meitheal Information Booklet (doc, 427 kb)
- 2 Building a High Performance Organisation (doc, 95 kb)
- 3 EPA Learning Framework (doc, 325 kb)
- Meitheal EPA Partnership Committee (doc, 174 kb)
- more publications
News and Speeches
- 18/06/10: Gormley opens new Department offices in Wexford
- 12/05/10: 18th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, May 2010, New York
- 22/02/10: Minister Gormley announces membership of the Environmental Protection Agency Review Group
- 11/01/10: Gormley welcomes Launch of International Year of Biodiversity
- Press/Media
Legislation
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