Environmental Pillar

Follow the link below for the Environmental Pillar’s submission to EPA Review Panel for “Review of the Environmental Protection Agency Consultation Document April 2010” Environmental Pillar Submission to the EPA Review Panel

Follow the link below for the response from the Environmental Pillar to the EU 2020 Srategy. Environmental Pillar response to the EU 2020 strategy  

Follow the link below to download the Environmental Pillar’s response to climate change legislation. Environmental Pillar response to climate change legislation  

Climate change remains the defining challenge of our age. The Environmental Pillar shares the National Economic and Social Council’s analysis (NESC Report 117, page xvi.) that “addressing it will have far reaching economic and social effects”, that Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions target for 2020, yet to be finalised”, “will pose considerable challenges” and, most significantly, […]

The following submission is made on behalf of The Environmental Pillar in response to the ‘Invitation to Comment’ advertised as part of the consultation activity for a review of Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency, EPA; as issued by the Department of The Environment, Heritage and Local Government, DOEHLG. It is the understanding of the Pillar that […]

Follow the link below to download the Cork Environmental Forum’s submission to the Cork County Council Strategic Policy Committee Scheme. Cork Environmental Forum November 2009  

Follow the link below to download the Guidelines for Strategic Policy Committees. Working Group Members Foreword-Brollach Acronyms  

The Environmental Pillar of social partnership has welcomed the Government’s statement indicating its willingness to establish a public inquiry into the circumstances that led to the banking crisis. “In the light of the huge damage done by the behaviour of the banking sector to the environmental, social and economic health of this country the government […]

The Environmental Pillar of social partnership has welcomed the Government’s statement indicating its willingness to establish a public inquiry into the circumstances that led to the banking crisis. “In the light of the huge damage done by the behaviour of the banking sector to the environmental, social and economic health of this country the government […]

This is the Environmental Pillar’s submission to the European Commission’s Green Paper on the Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. To download the submission, click here. This submission looks at each of the five structural failings of the current Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), as identified in the European Commission’s Green Paper on the CFP Reform, […]