John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

That is precisely what we are doing. That is what the Government is about. We are producing a strategy for a way forward, a plan. That is what the White Young Green analysis is about, namely, to get on the site and produce the data, which will be peer reviewed. I hope the residents will be happy with the analysis that has been carried out.

I have said previously that I am about openness and transparency. We have produced all the reports and we want a "warts and all" approach. If this site is contaminated, and we believe it is highly contaminated, let us find out how contaminated it is and the necessary steps to be taken to ensure it is properly cleaned up.

The Deputy talked about a plan, but I advise that an options paper will be produced and put before Government which will examine it in detail to determine the best way forward.

The Deputy referred to the Seveso directive and it was raised previously in Cork when I met people in regard to other sites related to the docklands area. We must make sure no danger is posed to people in the locality. We must ensure this plan takes account of the future use of this particular site, whether part of it will be a residential area, a marina and what the people there want. The sort of remediation required differs from plan to plan. If, for example, the people want a park on the site, that would not require the level of remediation that would be required otherwise. I am not pre-empting the options in any way, but it may well be that some part of the site may have to be capped while other parts of the site may have to be fully remediated . That is what we have to examine.

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