Fintan Towey

Intent: Ensuring effective legislation is put in place for developer led waste water services.

Details: Emails to the Department regarding regulation in respect of small wastewater discharges and developer led infrastructure.

Intent: Amendment sought to the category of registrable burdens to include GNI wayleaves created before date of first registration of the land in the Land Registry, due to safety risk arising (subsequent landowners & developers unaware of existence of gas pipeline on land) from the gap in the registration rules. GNI engaged with Fintan Towey in the Department of Housing on the legislative changes sought.

Details: Amendment sought to the category of registrable burdens to include GNI wayleaves

Intent: Amendment sought to the category of registrable burdens to include GNI wayleaves created before date of first registration of the land in the Land Registry, due to safety risk arising (subsequent landowners & developers unaware of existence of gas pipeline on land) from the gap in the registration rules. GNI engaged with Tailte Eireann with a view to having the amendments including in DCEE's Gas (Safety) and Misc Provisions Bill 2024.::Emer Walsh and Ronan Galwey engaged with Fintan Towey by email on 19 December with a view to gaining his support to have the amendments included in DCEE's Gas (Safety) and Misc Provisions Bill 2024.

Details: GNI (Ciara Russell, Head of Legal and Emer Walsh, CLO ) engaged with Liz Pope, Tailte Eireann at a meeting on 17 November. Emer Walsh and Ronan Galwey emailed Fintan Towey, Assistant Secretary in the Department of Housing on the 19th December.

Intent: To streamline Water/Wastewater Infrastructure Delivery, Regulation and Planning to facilitate the delivery of Housing for All.

Details: Correspondence with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to potential changes to government policy and legislation to streamline the process in relation to delivering more water/waste water treatment plants.

Intent: To ensure correct technical standards and planning guidelines are incorporated into schemes for low value discharges and developer provided infrastructure and amendments to the draft European Union (Water Policy) Small Waste Water Discharge (Registration) Regulations 2025

Details: Correspondence with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to low value discharges and developer provided infrastructure

Intent: Clarity on on developer led infrastructure for waste water treatment plants

Details: Meeting with Fintan Towey to attend briefing on developer led infrastructure for waste water treatment plants

Intent: More efficient application of legislation.

Details: Workshop regarding streamlining wastewater discharge authorisation process for small wastewater treatment plants to support delivery of upgrades to enable housing.

Intent: Consider the implications of the unfair distribution of the costs on the pharmaceutical industry for the quaternary treatment of waste water. ::Take account of industry concerns at flawed cost allocation for quaternary treatment of urban waste water solely to pharmaceutical and cosmetic sectors in Directive. ::Request Irish Government to take strategic, integrated approach to address pharmaceutical industry concerns across diverse areas.::Minister for Housing to share with other EU Member States' expressed concern at disproportionate and unfair allocation of cost for quaternary treatment of urban waste water solely to pharmaceutical and cosmetics sectors in Directive.

Details: European Commission Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD), with particular attention to the polluter payers principal and proportional responsibility.

Intent: To call for a fairer legislative text on the UWWTD which should include other sectors in line with the EU Polluter Pays Principal. ::To request a delay in the signing off on the Directive until a thorough assessment by the legal service of the EU Council is conducted, and an impact assessment of the implementation of an EPR scheme for quaternary treatment on the accessibility and affordability of medicines is published.::To request that the Irish Government considers adopting a “Council Statement” during ratification process of the Directive at the EU Council that declares the need to implement a fair directive in accordance with the EU polluter pays principle and to joining with the majority of other EU members states that are doing so.

Details: Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive

Intent: Support for the budgetary measures proposed by BPCI to ensure Ireland's competitiveness in the biopharma and chemical industries, with a particular focus on addressing infrastructural challenges.

Details: BioPharmaChem Ireland's Budget Submission 2025: sharpening the competitive edge and global leadership of our industry.