Denis Landy (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Vice Chairman for allowing me to contribute a second time. If I had been given answers to my questions the first time around, I would not need to ask them again. As to whether I will be brief, that will depend on how long it takes the witnesses to answer my questions. I have here a photograph of the tailing pond at an Aughinish Alumina site. If anyone wishes to argue that this pond does not have a detrimental environmental impact, I do not know what to say. I will not pursue the matter as we have been given some detail on it.

Will the witnesses clarify whether the visits to which the report refers are the same as inspections? Are inspections notified in advance of the attendance of EPA staff on sites? Is it correct that the 1,370 visits or inspections carried out by the EPA resulted in only 13 prosecutions? What proportion of monitoring activity is done by private consultants each year in the various areas to which the witnesses referred, primarily, electrical items, waste, air monitoring and septic tanks?

On septic tanks, will the witnesses clarify-----