Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have a few questions in respect of the project. In his opening statement, Mr. Keegan stated the contract has been renegotiated with revised funding liabilities for the combined councils. Does the revised contract also include revised capacity for the incinerator with regard to the amount of waste it requires? Does this contract contain a commitment on the part of the four councils to provide a set amount of waste? If so, how much is it, given the amount of waste being produced in the four council areas reduced in 2013 to approximately 165,000 tonnes, while the original contract was to provide 300,000 tonnes? In the revised contract, what are the quantities in respect of the waste to be provided? As for the current status of the project, Mr. Keegan outlined in his statement that a number of steps must be taken after these procedures have finished. I take it from this that the four councils still are committed fully to delivering an incinerator on this site at some point in the future. Mr. Keegan might confirm whether this is the case. On the European Commission complaints, what has been the cost of consultants and correspondence in respect of dealing with that complaint? Are projections available on what will be the cost to continue to deal with this complaint until its completion? Does Mr. Keegan consider it is justifiable to continue on that road?