Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)

I seek the Ceann Comhairle's guidance on the spending of public moneys. In 2006, the then Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Dick Roche, announced with great fanfare that a number of measures would be put in place in regard to noise reduction and that they would rectify the situation in respect of motorways built before compliances were in place. Recently, I tabled a question to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government asking what plans were being rolled out but it was ruled out of order.

Do we have joined up Government where work conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency is fed back to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government? While it might not be a matter for the day to day operation of the EPA, plans presented by it should be a matter of cognisance for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and should be brought before the House.

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