Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Burke. In her opening statement she talked about the national waste prevention programme. That is very good work and I do not want to be negative about it, so I just want to say that in advance of what I am going to say. It strikes me that our waste policy is daft, in that we have an incinerator in Ringsend, and all our licensed landfills are now in Leinster. The one in Galway is either closed or is about to close. Does the EPA have a remit in relation to that, because rubbish is being collected in Kerry and being driven to Dublin, Kildare, or Carlow to be disposed of? What role does the EPA have in relation to waste policy? We can do things to prevent waste but we ultimately have to dispose of it somewhere. Where is the remit there?