Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy is quite correct. Ireland availed of a four-year derogation. What the Green Party ignores is that the targets set for Ireland in the biodegradable strategy are enormous and incredibly ambitious. They are targets which will be achieved. In Germany, on the issue of CHP, a Green Party environmental minister was happy to preside over a policy framework in which incineration with energy recovery was a key principle. Before leaving office, Mr. Jurgen Tritten courageously introduced severe restrictions on the use of landfill. It is a pity we could not do that here.

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