Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

I do not want to speculate on what will happen tomorrow. Deputy Quinn has put the points very fairly to me but it really would be no more than speculation, which would be unhelpful, and I wish to deal with facts.

I agree with Deputy Durkan that there is a problem, or even a crisis, with waste in this country. Although we have acted phenomenally through recycling and reduction etc., we still have millions of tonnes in residual waste. If it is not to be dealt with by thermal treatment, it will go to landfill, the worst of all options. I agree with the Deputy on that.

Deputy Gormley asked whether the issue was site specific, but in this case the planning and EPA application was site specific.

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