Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter of public interest, namely, the illegal dump at Kerdiffstown, Naas, where more than 1 million tonnes of unauthorised waste has been dumped, where the High Court has ordered that no further waste be dumped, where large volumes of foul smelling and deadly gases are released into the ground and atmosphere, where poisonous leachate is leaking into the surrounding ground and threatening to pollute the Kildare and Dublin water supply via the nearby River Morrell, which runs into the River Liffey, and where several fires have occurred, adding to the toxic atmosphere; the need for Dáil Éireann to resolve that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, should now instruct the EPA to take the necessary remedial action in the interests of public safety to render this illegal dump safe by putting in place the infrastructure to prevent the gases and leachate escaping from the site and to remove the waste for suitable treatment; and that these works should be funded from the landfill levy and the plastic bag levy that will bring in an income of €69 million in 2011.

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