Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

What exactly does the Forfás study, necessarily limited as it is, tell us? It confirms that although we are still lagging slightly behind other countries in some areas of water management, we have been making significant progress in catching up under the policies introduced by this Government. Deputy Harkin mentioned member states who do better than Ireland. She listed a number of member states and she is right, but she forgot to tell the House that all of them have incineration — combined heat and power — as part of their waste policy.

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