Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

The Minister is wrong when he said he could do nothing, or would not attempt to do anything, to make the Poolbeg incinerator redundant. On Monday, 19 November, when the decision was announced, the Minister said he was very disappointed. He said he planned to review waste policy within the next nine months and expected that that review would find the incinerator was redundant and was not viable. The following day, the Taoiseach told the Dáil the Minister had no power to halt the Poolbeg incinerator. Either the Minister or the Taoiseach is wrong, which is it?

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