Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 December 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion

2:00 pm

Photo of Hildegarde NaughtonHildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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I have some brief questions before I call on members. Will Dr. Ryan expand on why the EPA classified the incident at Poolbeg on 7 June last year as a lime release when, in fact, it was a release of flue gas treatment residue, which included dioxins and heavy metals and not just lime? My next question, on the climate action fund, is for the Department and the EPA. Funding was given to a district heating system as part of the climate action fund in the Dublin area. Is it a pilot project? Will we see district heating systems rolled out?