EPA - Ireland's Environment 2016

Figure 2.1

Concentrations in Europe in 2013 (Source: EEA, 2013)

Ireland’s Environment – An Assessment 2016

For Ireland to continue to comply with its international

commitments on air quality and air emissions, industrial

emissions of pollutants into the air must continue to be

rigorously controlled and policies should be implemented

to increase the use of alternatives to the private car and to

improve efficiencies of motorised transport. Government

departments, national agencies and local authorities

need to make air quality an integral part of their traffic

management and planning processes. With respect to

the levels of particulate matter and PAHs observed across

Ireland, households, in particular, need to use more

efficient methods to burn fuel, and a shift from solid fuel

to cleaner alternatives, including gas, should be promoted

and undertaken, where this is feasible.