Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D10 / Ireland / NE Atlantic: Celtic Seas

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 9 Determination of GES (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D10 Litter
Member State Ireland
Region/subregion NE Atlantic: Celtic Seas
Reported by Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government
Report date 2020-08-31
Report access msfd2018-ART9_GES_IE_Updated_24July.xml

GES component
D10
D10C1
D10C1
D10C2
D10C3
D10C4
Marine reporting units
  • ACS-IE-AA-001
  • ACS-IE-AA-001
Features
  • Litter in the environment
  • Litter in the environment
GES description
Ireland has achieved Good Environmental Status within its maritime area for the amount of litter on coastlines with the median number of litter items greater than 2.5cm found on beaches in quarterly surveys between 2013 and 2018 decreasing from 73.5 items per 100 metres in 2013, to 46 items per 100 metres in 2018. This is based on the target 'reduction in the number of visible litter items within specific categories / types on coastlines' as described in Ireland's MSFD Cycle 1 Initial Assessment.
It is not possible to determine GES in relation to Commission Decision 2017/848 primary criterion for marine litter (D10C1) at this time as thresholds have not been established. Targets D10T1a and D10T1b will be used in future to determine GES for D10C1
Determination date
202006
202006
Update type
New determination
New determination
Justification for non-use of criterion
It is not possible to determine GES in relation to Commission Decision 2017/848 primary criterion for micro-litter (D10C2) at this time as thresholds have not been established and currently no scientifically agreed methodologies have been developed to monitor micro-litter.
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements
There are currently no threshold values associated with litter. The development of regional and sub-regional threshold values has not been undertaken at this time but is a work in progress at a European member state level.
There are currently no threshold values associated with litter. The development of regional and sub-regional threshold values has not been undertaken at this time but is a work in progress at a European member state level.