Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Minister to clarify certain information given on Committee Stage. Members were told that clarity would be provided in regard to correspondence between his Department and other agencies put forward as potential competent authorities. Specific reference was made to the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, on Committee Stage, but the same issue arose subsequently in respect of the Commission for Aviation Regulation, CAR. A local resident submitted a freedom of information, FOI, request and was told there was no correspondence between the EPA and the Department. However, the Minister said there was such correspondence. That issue was to be clarified. I received an email on the matter just before I entered the Chamber but it is important that it be dealt with publicly because of the uncertainty it raised in the minds of residents. It is important that it be addressed before amendments are dealt with.

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