Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This really was an appalling decision by An Bord Pleanála. It shows a complete disregard for the views of the local community and the inspector. I want to raise two issues in that context.

One is the decision of the then Minister, Phil Hogan, in 2011 to abolish the incineration levy which the previous Minister, John Gormley, had introduced. Will the Government reconsider that issue?

The local group, the Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment, CHASE, has called for an investigation into two meetings which took place in March and July 2011 between Indaver, the company promoting this project, and the then Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, for which it would appear there is no record, minutes or documentation. That issue needs to be investigated.

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