Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 12th March, 2024.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Taoiseach, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 25 (1) of the Statistics Act 1993 (No. 21 of 1993), and, in relation to Articles 3(a) and 4 (in so far as it relates to Article 3(a)) of the following Order, for the purpose of giving full effect to Regulation (EU) No. 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011¹ , as amended by Regulation (EU) No. 538/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014² and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/125 of 19 November 2021³ , in so far as it relates to Annex IV thereto, hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Statistics (Environmental Expenditure Survey) Order 2024.

2. (1) In this Order -

“Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No. 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011¹ , as amended by Regulation (EU) No. 538/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014² and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/125 of 19 November 2021³ ;

“Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006” means Regulation (EC) 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006⁴ , as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008⁵ , Regulation (EU) No. 70/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2012⁶ and Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019;⁷

“survey” means the Environmental Expenditure Survey that is conducted by the Central Statistics Office for the purposes of obtaining information specified in the Schedule-

(a) from undertakings referred to in Article 3(a), including for the purposes of compliance with the Regulation in so far as it relates to Annex IV thereto, and

(b) from undertakings referred to in Article 3(b).

(2) A word or expression that is used in this Order and also used in the Regulation has the same meaning in this Order as in the Regulation, other than where the context otherwise requires.

3. This Order applies to an undertaking that –

(a) is classified for statistical purposes under section B, C, D or division 36 of NACE Rev. 2 as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006, or

(b) is classified for statistical purposes under any section or division of NACE Rev. 2 as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 other than those referred to in paragraph (a).

4. A requirement on undertakings to whom this Order applies to provide, once only and for the purposes of the survey, information in relation to each year in the period from 2022 to 2026, the general nature of which is specified in the Schedule, is hereby prescribed.

SCHEDULE

Article 4

1. Information regarding the following, as it relates to environmental protection expenditure incurred by the undertaking concerned during the year to which the information relates:

(a) capital expenditure on the purchase of -

(i) pollution treatment equipment, and

(ii) pollution prevention equipment;

(b) operating expenditure on -

(i) the purchase of environmental protection products and services,

(ii) environmental protection equipment, and

(iii) environmental protection staff.

2. Information regarding the following, as it relates to resource management expenditure incurred by the undertaking concerned during the year to which the information relates:

(a) capital expenditure on the purchase of equipment;

(b) operating expenditure on -

(i) the purchase of resource management products and services,

(ii) resource management equipment, and

(iii) resource management staff.

3. Information on the time taken by the undertaking concerned to complete the questionnaire, form or other record prepared by the Director General for the collection of the information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

8 March, 2024.

LEO VARADKAR,

Taoiseach.

1 OJ No. L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 1

2 OJ No. L 158, 27.5.2014, p. 113

3 OJ No. L 20, 31.1.2022, p. 40

1 OJ No. L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 1

2 OJ No. L 158, 27.5.2014, p. 113

3 OJ No. L 20, 31.1.2022, p. 40

4 OJ No. L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1

5 OJ No. L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 13

6 OJ No. L 32, 3.2.2012, p. 1

7 OJ No. L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 241