Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)

I move amendment No. 10:

In page 4, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following:

"3.--For the purposes of clarity, the offences regarding sealing and labelling of fuel bags as set out in the Air Pollution Act, 1987 (Marketing, Sale and Distribution of Fuels) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 118/1998), and Air Pollution Act, 1987 (Marketing, Sale and Distribution of Fuels) (Amendment) Regulations 2011(S.I. 270/2011) shall not include domestic sale of firewood, turf and peat.".

I highlighted a problem with the Bill on Second and Committee Stages. Like the Government parties, we want the labelling and sealing of bags of solid fuel to be regulated in order that smokeless fuels are used in smokeless zones. Customers should not be able erroneously to buy smoky fuel because it has been labelled "smokeless". There must be labelling of anthracite coal and fossil fuels of that type. The Minister will understand the problem, as I have explained it twice. Outside the Pale, in particular, it is and will remain common practice for firewood and peat to be sold in open, unlabelled 10:10:20 bags. The Minister will understand what the label means. It is like the 10:10:20 fertiliser bags.

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