Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Proposed Incinerator at Poolbeg: Dublin City Council
3:15 pm
Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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First, my question on air quality was not answered. Second, approximately €52 million was spent on site acquisition. What is the current value of the site in question? Moreover the Hibernian Molasses site, on which the majority of the money, €31 million, was spent, had four tanks. Why did the city council build a facility with 11 tanks for that company? This appears to me to be a misuse of public money. My final point pertains to sludge-to-energy treatment. I believe it will be necessary to input energy to the burning of sludge and no gain will be derived from sludge, as if one includes the treatment of sludge, it is a minus, rather than a plus.