Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)

A very clear message has to go out to every local authority official and manager that it would be unwise for any local authority official to put in place a put or pay clause. We do not want to have to pick up the tab for 20 years for an incinerator and that undermines every case for incineration on this island. Incineration is a historic and dated technology that is not the way forward for Ireland.

The future of the Poolbeg Peninsula should not be as a base for incineration, based on land values alone. The Progressive Democrats' proposal for a vibrant, mixed use community on the Poolbeg Peninsula has more going for it than the prospect of the peninsula becoming a repository for the waste of the greater Dublin area. Whether from the point of view of land values or a satisfactory use of Dublin Bay, it does not make sense to propose the biggest incinerator in Europe in the heart of a capital.

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