Fiona O'Malley (Dún Laoghaire, Progressive Democrats)

They are able to do this because they have in place the waste management infrastructure, which includes incineration — the Green Party must get its head out of the clouds and have its policy rooted in the real world. We need to be honest about this. It is part of how Ireland will deal, not only with its waste problem but equally with helping energy generation. It is something we should be embracing.

Because the Green Party has never had the responsibility of office, it has never had to nail its colours to the mast. I am sorry the people from Ringsend are not here because they deserve an honest reply in response and a policy from their public representatives. That is why, to finish the sentence for the Green Party, they might tell the people what they will do and how they will do it.

Unfortunately, the closest I have seen up the Green Party come to a policy is in terms of zero waste.

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