Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

People need education about what is going on rather than the company simply saying the information is in a given document. That is proactive engagement. Reactive engagement is when something goes wrong, such as what happened some years ago with regard to what happened at Kerdiffstown. I firmly believe there are responsibilities for companies like Bord na Móna, particularly in the case of something as difficult as what happened on that occasion. If I travel to the area I can still get the smell off it. The company needs to be more proactive in its engagement with the community.

Again, we are talking about landfill. What is the impact of Covanta opening in Dublin? What impact will that have on the possibility of extending the lifespan of that facility?

I have looked at this because there are a number of landfills in my village. If Covanta cannot get sufficient material to incinerate, what is the likelihood of Bord na Móna removing the material and selling it on to Covanta to be incinerated because it is a fuel stock? Most of the material is just plastic and combustible materials after a number of years. The gas materials are biodegradable but there are non-biodegradable materials that could also be a fuel source.