John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

I wish to have the business of the House suspended under Standing Order 31 to discuss an issue of urgent public importance, namely, the revelation that sewage sludge was transported from the Ringsend wastewater treatment plant to a facility in Tullow, County Carlow which was refused planning permission by An Bord Pleanála in 2002, and is stored in an area which has no roof or walls, as is required, and is operated without a licence. There is now an urgent need for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to initiate an investigation into the operation of the Ringsend plant, as I have requested repeatedly.

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