Ms Geraldine Tallon:

It is a matter of great public interest for a whole variety of reasons. This particular plant is a very significant plant in terms of our future capacity to comply with waste legislation. So we have an interest in it in terms of waste policy at a broad level. We have an interest in it in terms of its compliance with our new waste policy, A Resource Opportunity. It is of concern for us in that broad policy context. If I come back to the very specific questions the Deputy is raising, this is a plant within a regional management plan adopted by the elected members of Dublin City Council. Yes, it is a matter for the executive of Dublin City Council to proceed with the implementation of the elements of the regional waste management plan. Yet, it is a matter for the elected members of Dublin City Council to oversee, supervise and require its management to account to it for the implementation of a plan which they adopted. It is also a matter for Dublin City Council to hold the manager and the management to account for the spending of money which it has adopted as part of its Estimate.