John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)

All my Department can do as regards the issues raised by Deputy Wall is to encourage the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to control waste and ensure there are as many beaches as possible that qualify for blue flags. These are issues for that Department. Under the report, New Horizons for Irish Tourism: An Agenda for Action, to which I have referred, various measures are proposed for assisting with the environment, which is recognised to be very important. In that respect the group has been in touch with various Departments in order to advance the 70 plus recommendations it has made.

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