Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 June 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste
10:00 am
Mr. John McCarthy:
When the issue was raised previously, particularly with regard to the water supply for Dundalk, if memory serves me correctly, it was the subject of an investigation involving the Environmental Protection Agency and local authorities which were satisfied that it was not an issue. When local authorities come across instances of diesel laundering waste, if there are concerns about water supplies, I have no doubt that they follow up on them. I do not think any issue has been brought to our attention.