Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

The Minister, Deputy Gormley, has been aware of this matter for a long time. There was an inspector's report by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2002. Will he also make that report available? Given the history lesson the Minister gave earlier on these matters, he will be well briefed regarding the decision of the courts to strike down the EPA licence. This prevented the EPA from carrying out enforcement proceedings in 2002. The EPA had a licence as the company went into liquidation. In case the Minister was under any illusion about this matter, the EPA failed in the High Court bid to secure enforcement proceedings and force remediation.

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