Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

Question 42: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities, river basin districts and the Environmental Protection Agency will be enabled to recruit additional personnel to ensure that river basin management plans are drawn up in time for their deadline of 2009 and to enable these authorities to put in place measures to ensure compliance of waters here with the water framework directive by 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28697/07]

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