Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

There is no mention of Poolbeg in this statement. It states Government policy on waste management is in the programme for Government and that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, has the Government's full support in implementing it. It also states there will be a levy on incineration in legislation to appear in the future. What is not clarified - what I understand was the purpose of this statement and what the Minister, Deputy Gormley, was seeking to have established - is the status of Government policy at the time the contract was signed by Dublin City Council for the incinerator at Poolbeg.

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