Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry to interrupt but I am conscious of time. Could we have a note on those sites? We would all be interested in seeing them. Perhaps the EPA could outline how many there are, which had licences and if they were compliant. We are being left with a legacy. We had a brilliant system in Galway. When I hear about dialogue and helping enforcement, it reminds me that Galway did not have problems. We rolled out recycling a long time ago. The response was that the Government took power from the local authorities. We wanted our own plan in Galway city and county and to be able to manage waste locally. We were very proactive and achieved 70% recycling rates in a pilot project lasting six weeks. As I have said repeatedly, to the point of boredom, that the solutions have been in place for a long time. Ms Burke will forgive my impatience at the use of the word "dialogue" and the language of encouraging people.

People are leading us. They want action. They wanted it in Galway and the official response was terrible. I am not asking Ms Burke to comment on that. We will examine the landfill in east Galway. The EPA worked with the county council on that in an emergency situation. I think the company involved was the Greenstar Group. What is the position there now? The EPA has not been involved for two years.