Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)

There is much good news in this. My belief is that since coming into office my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Gormley, has given the highest priority to the transposition and implementation of EU environmental legislation. He has secured the closure of 27 cases in the past two and a half years. Deputy Tuffy might think we are being hauled over the coals on a regular basis but I think we are shaking Commission members by the hand and asking what we can do and what needs to be done.

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