Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

It does not mean that. As the Deputy knows there are contractual commitments and a considerable amount of work has been completed on the Poolbeg incinerator. However, that does not remove the need to look at modern technology for that incinerator. That is the point the Minister has made. We have seen where in at least one case and possibly two, the capacity of the proposed incinerators has been increased. The number of incinerators required depends on the capacity of each.

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