Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

He was brought to the High Court for contempt of court, so strongly did he campaign, and he was issued with a gagging order. Meanwhile, the Deputies opposite were content to sit back and watch him go through the difficulties of a court case. Nonetheless, the Minister, Deputy Gormley, and the campaign against Bio-burn were successful and an environmental blight was removed from Dublin South-East. The Minister is the same man who lodged a comprehensive objection to a proposal to build an incinerator to burn hospital waste on the Poolbeg peninsula. The appeal to An Bord Pleanála, which he jointly took, was successful.

On Dublin City Council he spoke repeatedly against the idea of including incineration in a waste management plan. At every stage of this process he spoke out publicly against the proposal to build an incinerator on the Poolbeg peninsula and he continues to do so.

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