Mr. Matthew Collins:

There were some questions from Deputy Smith. In the future there will be a role for waste energy processes in achieving one of the legally binding targets adopted at European level and which Ireland supports - a reduction of the amount of material going to landfill to 10%. We have dramatically reduced the amount which in the past few years has been more than halved and we will reduce it even further. There are materials that we do not want to go to landfill and waste energy is one of the processes that can be used in that regard. The waste to energy capacity identified by the regional planning authorities and in waste management plans builds in the assumption that the 2030 recycling goals will be achieved. It is consistent with them.