Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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Yes. Action was taken only when it went on fire and it took weeks to put it out. While it is welcome that there are no unlicensed waste or landfill facilities operating at the moment, in fact, the number of landfill sites is contracting considerably. There will be only two landfill sites available from next year in addition to the incinerator. Waste is also shipped abroad. It seems there is not serious control on this whole area. There is control over unlicensed landfill sites but quite a lot of public money is likely to come into play in terms of landfill sites that might be in private hands where money needs to be recouped, as in the case where the site then went out of business. Is that an area that could require particular attention? It strikes me that it is an area that will incur a sizeable amount of public money into the future.