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Acronyms/Abbreviations
ABP animal by-products
ACP Agriculture Catchments Programme
AD anaerobic digestion
ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
AMR antimicrobial resistance
AWB artificial water body
BaP benzo(a)pyrene
BER Building Energy Ratings
BIM Bord Iascaigh Mhara
BMW biodegradable municipal waste
BNM Bord na Móna
BoCCI Bird of Conservation Concern in Ireland
BOD biochemical oxygen demand
CAFE Clean Air for Europe (EU Directive)
CAP Common Agricultural Policy
C&D construction and demolition
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CCRP Climate Change Research Programme
CEC Council of the European Communities
CEFRAM Catchment-based Flood Risk Assessment and
Management
CER Commission for Energy Regulation
CEU Council of the European Union
CFC chlorofluorocarbon
CFP Common Fisheries Policy
CH4 methane
CHP Combined Heat and Power
CLRTAP Convention on Long-Range Transboundary
Air Pollution
CNG Compressed Natural Gas
CO carbon monoxide
CO2 carbon dioxide
CO2eq carbon dioxide equivalent
COP21 Climate Change meeting in Paris
CORINE Coordination of Information on the
Environment
CSA Critical Source Areas
CSO Central Statistics Office
Cu copper
DAFF Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
DAFM Department of Agriculture, Food and the
Marine
DAHG Department of Arts, Heritage and the
Gaeltacht
DCCAE Department of Communications, Climate
Action and Environment
DCENR Department of Communications, Energy and
Natural Resources
DDT dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DECLG Department of the Environment, Community
and Local Government
DETI Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
DHPCLG Department of Housing, Planning, Community
& Local Government
DJEI Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
DMC domestic material consumption
DO dissolved oxygen
DOH Department of Health
DOT Department of Transport
DPER Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
DPSIR Driving forces; pressures; states; impacts;
responses
DTTAS Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
DWWTS Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems
EAP Environmental Action Programme
EC European Commission
ECJ European Court of Justice
EEA European Environment Agency
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
ELC European Landscape Convention
ELD Environmental Liabilities Directive
ELV end-of-life vehicle
EP European Parliament
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPI Economic Policy Instrument
EPR Extended Producer Responsibility
eq equivalent