Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 April 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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Moving on to the topic of the site at Aughinish, I went through the information regarding the figures. I want to try to deal with the relevant issues. According to the correspondence, a sum of €14 million was identified in December 2016 for new financial provisions. On 16 January 2017, a figure of €28 million was mentioned in a letter from the EPA or issued via the Department. What is the fund that is ring-fenced for what the EPA terms "closure, restoration and aftercare management plans" or CRAMP? Is that the correct term?