Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

I welcome the intent of these amendments which are obviously related to the incidents in Silvermines. Our committee visited Silvermines and saw the remarkably unstable and unsatisfactory leftovers from the mining operation there. Under these amendments, does the Minister expect this or any future Government to be able to recover some of the financial costs from the companies involved in Silvermines? What commitments or financial contributions have the companies made? If there have not been any made to date, what guarantee do we have that the companies will pay a single euro for the rehabilitation plan that is needed?

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