Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Does it then follow that every project, incinerator, road or whatever that is already in a planning process will not be covered by the infrastructure legislation? The newspapers have reported that at the insistence of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the Government has decided to take the proposed Poolbeg incinerator out of the scope of proposed infrastructure Bill. I will ask the Minister the straight question. Has that decision been taken? Is it true that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has persuaded the Government to exempt the Poolbeg incinerator from the critical infrastructure legislation?

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