Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I will put the same question to the EPA, but I also have questions about the incinerator. I am representing people in the Ringsend area who have asked me to say that people living around Dublin Bay often see the smoke coming out of the chimneys and are concerned about its condition. It is thick, dense and incessant. They worry about what pollutants are going into the air they are breathing. What guarantees can we give them, beyond what has been said here? Is it similar to the situation with Thorntons Recycling whereby if somebody makes a complaint an inspector is sent, or are there EPA people on site constantly monitoring what happens in the incinerator?

In addition, there is residual waste from incineration. I understand a dump in Drehid, County Kildare, was recently given planning permission to take that waste. Can the witnesses describe how toxic, dangerous, safe or otherwise it is and what happens to it? Does it suffer if there is extreme rainfall or bad winds? How is all that managed? I am asking many questions but I represent ordinary people who want to know this stuff and who do not appear to understand or have a communications or consultation method that reassures them that all is well.