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1.1 Ireland: Particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions 1990-2014

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	Power Stations	Industry	Transport	Residential and Commercial	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	Other
1990	0.645802974823403	1.89570810197153	2.47841763715139	24.4819437448635	3.04815829612996	0.125394965308258
1995	0.931327436921704	1.46589108592305	2.76281995619148	15.5633638366898	3.18314038355822	0.122320195084409
2000	1.26206953200988	2.04245154512603	3.6881192983762	10.737119236012	2.88819513280799	0.0692030001374204
	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	1.07429999367396	2.80365986770659	3.0977527145265	9.7166503419644	2.66111942872646	0.0607195481337543
2006	0.950928480874933	2.57481471746849	3.04767174310065	9.4354850448212	2.58542660185203	0.0633432380955441
2007	0.717446084910885	2.50945216384189	3.04861118913347	9.27067413952472	2.49259816227734	0.0618015053357965
2008	0.663187118783004	2.32114779701475	2.76536797388407	9.75985845461779	2.49765139253708	0.0598771107988062
2009	0.499088246866858	1.90144360458924	2.4510546557806	10.2805165732368	2.4000004451617	0.0563654004623244
2010	0.457272801035573	1.94966464144199	2.23713959669558	9.74687863879517	2.30943863404788	0.0472017585396615
2011	0.382085209486481	1.67542950372158	2.11538133252822	8.9945005464817	2.27326235961501	0.0382619874973035
2012	0.434961467028155	1.53588707414851	1.97464654128756	8.90710647267762	2.30899048166926	0.0407444841869048
2013	0.375222553698979	1.57219087457261	1.94832911901415	9.50217315155979	2.29405184065442	0.0449188103271253
2014	0.384840096261018	1.81131295043637	1.88838182136631	8.19289770982833	2.28260991364123	0.0396121591853004

Emissions of Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) in Ireland have decreased by 55% from 32,680 tonnes in 1990 to 14,600 tonnes in 2014.
The Residential and Commercial sector accounted for 56% of emissions of PM_2.5 in 2014, with Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing accounting for 16%.

1.2 EU: Particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions 2014

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Country	2000=100
Cyprus	25.3012048192771
Netherlands	45.9170353180071
Estonia	50.8433577405858
France	52.7480255159287
Czech Republic	61.3398053045134
Finland	61.5490480923618
Germany	66.0819379580058
Spain	67.1884092276435
Belgium	67.5703732316161
Austria	70.3490342256862
Ireland	70.5757238845652
Portugal	71.6926604023378
Hungary	71.7495007765698
EU	75.1358812498415
Denmark	75.697194719472
Luxembourg	78.7385957953193
Sweden	80.2469135802469
Italy	80.6707756937961
United Kingdom	80.8579232870388
Latvia	80.8598914877126
Malta	82.6923076923077
Poland	86.3714060729445
Slovenia	94.8405975666102
Lithuania	97.7703958110467
Bulgaria	122.160236879372
Croatia	125.063422884278
Romania	132.016809593768
Slovakia	133.72661237068

Ireland ranked 11th in 2014 among EU Member States for emissions of PM_2.5 in terms of the relative change from 2000.

1.3 Ireland: Sulphur dioxide emissions 1990-2014

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	Power Stations	Industry	Transport	Residential and Commercial	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	Other	NEC 2010 Target
1990	103.044	31.9290479753509	6.88353031028472	38.363358297502	1.41076044401771	2.11822810153039	42
1995	91.625	38.0586590260993	6.61905300267725	22.8820340891601	1.34423235687383	2.13778436630269	42
2000	79.87	37.5643313023149	3.11198588941587	17.4578271413928	0.941903651792017	3.03990578145564	42
	0	0	0	0	0	0	42
2005	42.503099	11.9707700440562	1.2326769149167	14.1512647600174	0.864013935554192	3.25407893078139	42
2006	36.800509316	8.4871925208813	0.96749162469158	12.577444352074	0.820223478537228	3.30222359986664	42
2007	30.8373661	8.9428680699331	0.730528868106606	12.244859607146	0.739934903083358	3.43994773463978	42
2008	25.186879	7.84900240387106	0.380249111102344	10.373059186606	0.365230418932973	3.34493365649076	42
2009	15.685541	5.07082588016466	0.314498271397972	9.88883075096493	0.420063877448722	3.01324537698187	42
2010	9.45564	5.85122288263473	0.280092007144054	9.51403619136858	0.368375168511254	2.78805569435121	42
2011	9.38108642386014	5.2309831926785	0.249586600860752	8.72288182264754	0.0885000681293786	2.97283012066185	42
2012	9.58115734962	4.35773612722276	0.276013702414356	8.26774106662085	0.0940545758998301	2.60554849102676	42
2013	8.685668008	4.85138293358404	0.262745817698554	8.84784602112969	0.0830014015384546	2.65808584732501	42
2014	5.98819536937739	3.25840256693712	0.241819897524205	7.26091533112087	0.0492219729747538	2.54436497485743	42

	Power Stations	Insustry	Transport	Residential & Commercial	Agriculture & Forestry	Other	NEC 2010 Target
1990	103.044	31.9290479753509	6.88353031028472	38.363358297502	1.41076044401771	2.11822810153039	42
1995	91.625	38.0586590260993	6.61905300267725	22.8820340891601	1.34423235687383	2.13778436630269	42
2000	79.87	37.5643313023149	3.11198588941587	17.4578271413928	0.941903651792017	3.03990578145564	42
2005	42.503099	11.9707700440562	1.2326769149167	14.1512647600174	0.864013935554192	3.25407893078139	42
2006	36.800509316	8.4871925208813	0.96749162469158	12.577444352074	0.820223478537228	3.30222359986664	42
2007	30.8373661	8.9428680699331	0.730528868106606	12.244859607146	0.739934903083358	3.43994773463978	42
2008	25.186879	7.84900240387106	0.380249111102344	10.373059186606	0.365230418932973	3.34493365649076	42
2009	15.685541	5.07082588016466	0.314498271397972	9.88883075096493	0.420063877448722	3.01324537698187	42
2010	9.45564	5.85122288263473	0.280092007144054	9.51403619136858	0.368375168511254	2.78805569435121	42
2011	9.38108642386014	5.2309831926785	0.249586600860752	8.72288182264754	0.0885000681293786	2.97283012066185	42
2012	9.58115734962	4.35773612722276	0.276013702414356	8.26774106662085	0.0940545758998301	2.60554849102676	42
2013	8.685668008	4.85138293358404	0.262745817698554	8.84784602112969	0.0830014015384546	2.65808584732501	42
2014	5.98819536937739	3.25840256693712	0.241819897524205	7.26091533112087	0.0492219729747538	2.54436497485743	42

Ireland’s sulphur dioxide emissions have fallen from 183,700 tonnes in 1990 to 19,300 tonnes in 2014. Emissions from Power Stations declined by 97,000 tonnes over the same period.

The fall in emissions from Power Stations is mainly due to a shift from oil and coal to gas and the installation of technologies which reduce sulphur emissions.

Ireland has been below the National Emissions Ceiling (NEC 2010) for sulphur dioxide since 2009.

1.4 EU: Sulphur oxides emissions 2014

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1.4 EU: Sulphur oxides emissions 2014 and NEC 2010 ceiling

All 28 EU Member States were below their 2010 National Emissions Ceiling level of emissions of sulphur oxides in 2014. Ireland ranked 22^nd among EU Member States in terms of 2014 emissions relative to the 2010 NEC Ceiling.

1.5 Ireland: Nitrogen oxides emissions 1990-2014

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	Power Stations	Industry	Transport	Residential and Commercial	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	Other	NEC 2010 Target
1990	46.374	9.20358384344111	65.6023164484038	10.4424826932949	8.70044144922389	1.97476666994709	65
1995	41.391	8.05030519826758	60.1191555438698	8.66211413847385	14.2763250553141	1.42609402456042	65
2000	39.7199151029869	10.5292105497575	52.7959403622917	8.61829213942776	12.9897976464811	1.953655375616	65
	0	0	0	0	0	0	65
2005	32.3844447316745	17.3108046673322	55.758599254964	9.23950729773369	12.8770456498111	1.85907003150038	65
2006	29.8737505862234	16.5898561770124	56.6753892496375	8.97192969609079	11.6937030115909	1.707191502704	65
2007	27.3304836067958	18.4418554264052	54.0485585475343	8.90167649562046	10.6291324215592	1.82806507092343	65
2008	22.0224386213262	15.7609990763627	53.1289834469352	9.69433683627567	10.3988418641515	1.691819256784	65
2009	13.3201195955167	10.36139334358	47.1435636538639	9.27402144757763	8.69103988487755	1.57158446966385	65
2010	11.5162356809694	9.95823858037448	43.02840041653	9.47864425265604	7.54676153383232	1.61901601966387	65
2011	7.99543261547784	8.47415341838309	41.1433390247478	8.30535401182805	6.69421179132134	1.4288450552623	65
2012	10.30265931818	10.2631854089373	39.9362080464234	8.06237445478721	6.34814553856072	1.523845507996	65
2013	8.56563476762485	10.5467221796895	41.3647276345561	8.04512079641994	5.70822618068119	1.3828616213475	65
2014	7.53564049074772	10.7235799099646	42.9015112969224	7.22623084505568	5.01032812307567	1.3033608137602	65

Ireland’s nitrogen oxides emissions have fallen from 142,300 tonnes in 1990 to 74,700 tonnes in 2014. This is still above the NEC 2010 ceiling of 65,000 tonnes and slightly above the 2011 figure of 74,000 tonnes.

1.6 EU: Nitrogen oxides emissions 2014

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1.6 EU: Nitrogen oxides emissions 2014 and NEC 2010 ceiling

In 2014, 22 EU Member States were below their 2010 National Emissions Ceiling for nitrogen oxides. Ireland was ranked 26^th in terms of emissions relative to the 2010 NEC and was one of six EU Member States which exceeded this ceiling in 2014.

1.7 Ireland: Ammonia emissions 1990-2014

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	Residential	Dairy Cattle	Other Cattle	Other Livestock	Direct Soils	N-excreted on Pasture	Road Transport	NEC 2010 Target
1990	0	13.8855851935826	27.23115690426	10.2851952491006	40.6615744510922	12.7972387998378	0.0413078862771046	116
1995	0	13.063918479528	29.6387243255291	11.5785430999457	41.2975696369481	13.3100139006568	0.40901735047652	116
2000	0	12.5152493351868	30.2514023123306	12.1866962023866	41.7262856721767	13.4929972118893	1.66251548795896	116
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	116
2005	0	11.3447572848656	32.1529119789473	11.8507672246336	38.7759266433664	13.0794718678488	2.46568750426169	116
2006	0	11.6519050519619	31.3896847534705	11.688063208713	38.6357704689691	13.0607087470513	2.29501815355807	116
2007	0	11.6065286884051	31.1860678510753	10.9664902565709	36.8416139164523	12.8247991993848	2.13747279007494	116
2008	0	11.5560892134963	31.2688708255685	10.7406904700579	38.3244719085955	12.747391342178	2.06637119017335	116
2009	0	11.4389412730317	31.0646652984517	10.6277839087049	40.2159250751314	12.6782451841029	1.79028249828184	116
2010	0	11.5152014776348	29.7419487473847	10.91344362431	39.792205986342	12.4240093834649	1.53151460894016	116
2011	0	11.9367022102524	28.8418268645612	11.0114893871301	36.4049755457031	12.2544915147936	1.35587510750549	116
2012	0	12.0224570267676	30.4807427053089	11.2043439205084	35.2834693015397	12.6237075410694	1.18259462678274	116
2013	0	12.2811767464277	31.1314890499116	10.9241706869309	36.2862066071146	12.8728192903243	1.07886072116976	116
2014	0	12.7993481560279	30.4696583976599	10.9667714167799	36.7725122252233	12.8862515175843	0.958297107349234	116

Ireland’s ammonia emissions remained relatively stable over the 1990-2014 period and were 10,700 tonnes below the NEC 2010 emissions ceiling of 116,000 tonnes for ammonia in 2014.

1.8 EU: Ammonia emissions 2014

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1.8 EU: Ammonia emissions 2014 and NEC 2010 ceiling

Only six EU Member States were above their 2010 National Emissions Ceiling for ammonia in 2014. Ireland ranked 16^th in 2014 in terms of emissions relative to its 2010 NEC threshold.

1.9 Ireland: NMVOC emissions 1990-2014

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	Transport	Fugitive and Solvents	Residential and Commercial	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	Industry	Power Stations	Other	NEC 2010 Target
1990	35.1103964442534	28.0469623173329	28.9914304533721	40.214937748973	2.27352383395412	0.193511308514895	1.17438315459889	55
1995	33.4464884880827	28.7264166527052	18.4772260341364	43.6559825419291	1.85959998041692	0.25174610894696	1.36086785483969	55
2000	23.6911080334612	27.2566879932052	12.8773749224321	43.5658699671836	2.71850154942184	0.364925825449605	1.18775513323028	55
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55
2005	15.8218802358037	28.185603122294	11.6243191255496	43.6373324808633	3.86099485612418	0.365404804692876	1.31340866727186	55
2006	14.4406272134808	29.9439192110076	11.3121050514543	43.1490437231795	3.87844759197533	0.375452556218815	1.38283647729463	55
2007	13.2038702967539	32.3706280890758	11.0975779666458	42.6634047963238	3.77964363388838	0.376776665123717	1.06846411674234	55
2008	11.9145425711781	28.8651857846799	11.7658029703551	42.5276650254568	3.53101562617372	0.37987042762763	0.954027761080652	55
2009	10.3258426325942	26.8654809160534	12.4427481802036	42.3897284467293	3.12597038386424	0.35135272534391	0.877087983825604	55
2010	8.99843943436143	23.8458275590053	11.819189735552	41.3313040747424	3.31292941767197	0.372320293188279	0.83837848456315	55
2011	8.19156822827187	23.8715832131241	10.9144834487033	41.0707006952177	3.16022187313885	0.310327850297891	0.83832711802424	55
2012	7.333175343836	23.0299022404867	10.8182471031327	42.3388436899277	3.07859899149572	0.295777329024605	0.813946245211565	55
2013	6.82976533230214	23.7106066476258	11.5941944796195	43.0592556656507	3.17437980884553	0.267530832298332	0.929164219429404	55
2014	6.28368045161926	23.3798868536626	10.0650165805287	42.5033820340547	3.67264927494437	0.258009048284363	0.986435644350304	55

Ireland’s emissions of Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds fell by 36% from 136,000 tonnes in 1990 to 87,150 tonnes in 2014, but was still above the NEC 2010 ceiling of 55,000 tonnes.

Emissions from Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing remained relatively stable from 1990 to 2014 and accounted for 48% of total NMVOC emissions in 2014. Emissions from the Transport declined substantially over the 1990-2014 period.

1.10 EU: NMVOC emissions 2014

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1.10 EU: NMVOC emissions 2014 and NEC 2010 ceiling

Only four EU Member States exceeded their 2010 National Emissions Ceiling in 2014 for Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds. Ireland recorded the highest emissions among EU Member States in 2014 for NMVOC relative to the 2010 National Emissions Ceiling.

1.11 Ireland: Ozone threshold exceedances 1998-2014

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1.11 Ireland: Ozone threshold exceedances 1998-2014

Under EU Directive 2008/50/EC, every EU Member State is permitted a maximum of 25 days per year in which an ozone threshold of 120 µg/m3 may be exceeded. Ireland did not exceed this number of days in any year during the period 1998 to 2014. The year with the highest number of exceedances was 2003, when 18 days were recorded as being above the threshold value. In 2014 no days exceeded this threshold.

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Environmental Indicators Ireland 2016

1.1 Ireland: Particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions 1990-2014

1.2 EU: Particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions 2014

1.3 Ireland: Sulphur dioxide emissions 1990-2014

1.4 EU: Sulphur oxides emissions 2014

1.5 Ireland: Nitrogen oxides emissions 1990-2014

1.6 EU: Nitrogen oxides emissions 2014

1.7 Ireland: Ammonia emissions 1990-2014

1.8 EU: Ammonia emissions 2014

1.9 Ireland: NMVOC emissions 1990-2014

1.10 EU: NMVOC emissions 2014

1.11 Ireland: Ozone threshold exceedances 1998-2014

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1.4 EU: Sulphur oxides emissions 2014
		000 tonnes S0x
Country	2014 emissions	NEC 2010 ceiling	% Above/Below ceiling
Latvia	4	101	-96%
Hungary	27	500	-95%
Lithuania	18	145	-88%
Romania	176	918	-81%
Denmark	11	55	-79%
Portugal	35	160	-78%
Croatia	16	70	-78%
Bulgaria	189	836	-77%
Greece	138	523	-74%
Italy	131	475	-73%
Slovenia	9	27	-67%
Spain	255	746	-66%
Sweden	24	67	-64%
Finland	44	110	-60%
Luxembourg	2	4	-60%
Estonia	41	100	-59%
Austria	16	39	-59%
Slovakia	45	110	-59%
Belgium	42	99	-57%
Cyprus	17	39	-57%
France	169	375	-55%
Ireland	19	42	-54%
Czech Republic	127	265	-52%
Malta	5	9	-48%
United Kingdom	308	585	-47%
Poland	800	1,397	-43%
Netherlands	29	50	-42%
Germany	388	520	-25%
Source: Eurostat

1.6 EU: Nitrogen oxides emissions 2014
		000 tonnes N0x
Country	2014 emissions	NEC 2010 ceiling	% Above/Below ceiling
Lithuania	51	110	-53%
Romania	218	437	-50%
Bulgaria	133	247	-46%
Estonia	33	60	-44%
Latvia	35	61	-43%
Czech Republic	170	286	-40%
Hungary	120	198	-39%
Croatia	55	87	-37%
Portugal	160	250	-36%
Slovakia	85	130	-35%
Greece	248	344	-28%
Cyprus	17	23	-25%
Italy	790	990	-20%
Malta	6	8	-19%
Finland	137	170	-19%
United Kingdom	949	1,167	-19%
Poland	723	879	-18%
Slovenia	39	45	-12%
Denmark	113	127	-11%
Netherlands	235	260	-10%
Sweden	135	148	-9%
Spain	802	847	-5%
France	886	810	9%
Belgium	197	176	12%
Germany	1,224	1,051	16%
Ireland	77	65	18%
Austria	151	103	47%
Luxembourg	28	11	156%
			Source: Eurostat

1.8 EU: Ammonia emissions 2014
		000 tonnes NH₃
Country	2014 emissions	NEC 2010 ceiling	% Above/Below ceiling
Bulgaria	31	108	-71%
Latvia	17	44	-60%
Estonia	13	29	-55%
Lithuania	41	84	-51%
Cyprus	5	9	-49%
Malta	2	3	-47%
Portugal	49	90	-45%
Poland	265	468	-43%
Romania	162	210	-23%
Greece	61	73	-17%
Croatia	26	30	-15%
Czech Republic	69	80	-14%
Luxembourg	6	7	-13%
Belgium	66	74	-10%
France	708	780	-9%
Ireland	105	116	-9%
Hungary	84	90	-7%
Italy	393	419	-6%
Sweden	54	57	-5%
Slovakia	37	39	-5%
United Kingdom	281	297	-5%
Slovenia	19	20	-4%
Austria	67	66	1%
Netherlands	134	128	5%
Spain	373	353	6%
Denmark	73	69	6%
Finland	37	31	19%
Germany	740	550	35%
Source: Eurostat

1.10 EU: NMVOC emissions 2014
		000 tonnes
Country	2014 emissions	NEC 2010 ceiling	% Above/Below ceiling
Malta	3	12	-75%
Latvia	54	136	-60%
Estonia	23	49	-54%
Greece	125	261	-52%
Cyprus	7	14	-51%
Bulgaria	95	175	-46%
Finland	75	130	-42%
France	639	1,050	-39%
Romania	319	523	-39%
Czech Republic	138	220	-37%
Croatia	60	90	-33%
United Kingdom	819	1,200	-32%
Austria	110	159	-31%
Italy	849	1,159	-27%
Lithuania	69	92	-25%
Slovakia	106	140	-25%
Poland	606	800	-24%
Sweden	184	241	-24%
Netherlands	143	185	-23%
Slovenia	32	40	-21%
Hungary	116	137	-15%
Belgium	122	139	-12%
Spain	614	662	-7%
Portugal	169	180	-6%
Germany	1,041	995	5%
Luxembourg	11	9	20%
Denmark	106	85	24%
Ireland	87	55	58%
Source: Eurostat

1.11 Ireland: Ozone threshold exceedances 1998-2014
Year	Days exceeding threshold
1998	10
1999	7
2000	4
2001	7
2002	0
2003	18
2004	5
2005	3
2006	11
2007	10
2008	12
2009	3
2010	4
2011	3
2012	4
2013	7
2014	0
Source: Environmental Protection Agency