Driving Performance at Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency

Abbreviations and acronyms

ABP	Planning Board (An Bord Pleanála), Ireland
AER	Annual Environmental Report
ARC	Audit and Risk Committee
ARERA	Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment (Autorità di Regolazione per Energia Reti e Ambiente), Italy
ASN	Nuclear Safety Authority (Autorité de sûreté nucléaire), France
BATs	Best Available Techniques
BI	Behavioural insights
C&AG	Comptroller and Auditor General
CAFE	Clean Air for Europe
CCAC	Climate Change Advisory Council
CEO	Chief executive officer
CI	Compliance investigation
CNH	National Hydrocarbons Commission (Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos), Mexico
CO2	Carbon dioxide
COP	Conference of the Parties
CRU	Commission for Regulation of Utilities
CSO	Central Statistics Office
CTA	Canadian Transportation Agency
DAFM	Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
DBEI	Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation
DCCAE	Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
DHPLG	Department for Housing, Planning and Local Government
DPER	Department for Public Expenditure and Reform
DPP	Director of Public Prosecutions
EEA	European Environment Agency
EC	Executive Committee
EDEN	Environmental Data Exchange Network
EIA	Environmental Impact Assessment
EIAR	Environmental Impact Assessment Report
ELV	End of Life Vehicles
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
ERC	Executive Risk Committee
ERSAR	Portugal’s Water and Waste Services Regulatory Authority
ETS	Emissions Trading Scheme
EU	European Union
EUR	Euros
Euratom	European Atomic Energy Community
FPN	Fixed Payment Notice
FSAI	Food Safety Authority of Ireland
GMOs	Genetically modified organisms
HFCs	Hydrofluorocarbons
HHI	Herfindahl Hirschman Index
HIQA	Health Information and Quality Authority
HR	Human resources
HRD	Human Resources Development
HSA	Health and Safety Authority
HSE	Health Services Executive
IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency
ICT	Information and Communications Technology
IED	Industrial Emissions Directive
IEN	Irish Environment Network
IFA	Irish Farmers Association
IPC	Integrated Pollution Control
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
KPIs	Key performance indicators
LAWPRO	Local Authority Waters Programme
LEMA	Licensing, Enforcement, Monitoring and Assessment
MLN	Management and Leadership Network
MoU	Memorandum of Understanding
NCMC	National Co-ordination & Management Committee
NDC	Nationally determined contribution
NER	Network of Economic Regulators
NGO	Non-governmental organisation
NIECE	Network for Ireland’s Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
NIR	Non-ionising radiation
NPDWAG	National Pesticides in Drinking Water Action Group
NRGI	Natural Resource Governance Institute
NTFSO	National Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Office
NTIG	National Technical Implementation Group
NWCPO	National Waste Collection Permit Office
NWPC	National Waste Prevention Committee
OCCS	Office of Communications and Corporate Services
ODS	Ozone depleting substances
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OEA	Office of Environmental Assessment
OEE	Office of Environmental Enforcement
OES	Office of Environmental Sustainability
ORM	Office of Radiation Protection and Environmental Monitoring
PAC	Public Accounts Committee
PAFER	Performance assessment framework for economic regulators
PCQA	Water quality testing programmes
PDA	Performance Delivery Agreement
PDO	Protected Disclosures Officer
PMDS	Performance Management and Development System
POPs	Persistent Organics Pollutions
RAL	Remedial Action List
RBMP	River Basin Management Plan
RPII	Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland
SEAs	Strategic environmental assessments
SMN	Senior Management Network
UNFCCC	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
VOCs	Volatile organic compounds
WEEE	Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
WERLAs	Waste Enforcement Regional Lead Authorities
WFD	Water Framework Directive
WPAC	Water Policy Advisory Committee
WWDL	Waste Water Discharge License