Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 12 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Illegal Dumping: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

With regard to SF6, my ears pricked up when I heard the following sentence from Dr. Ryan's presentation:

...management and control of SF6at the Moneypoint site is operationally rather than environmentally focused, with sustained and prolonged leaks from equipment within the ESB Networks compound.

That is a remarkable statement from the EPA about one of our largest utilities, a company that presents itself as being to the forefront with regard to environmental responsibility. Dr. Ryan is saying that it did not take environmental responsibility. There were prolonged leaks for a sustained period with a lack of due recording of a remarkably virulent greenhouse gas. Will the EPA consider, among further actions it will take, if there will be some consequences for ESB if that finding is borne out in the EPA's final report?

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