John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Last week the Court of Appeal upheld an order related to the largest illegal dump in the State which had been found in Whitestown in west Wicklow. It upheld the order and gave Wicklow County Council three years to remove all illegal waste from the site, on which it has been shown to have dumped a vast quantity of waste over a couple of decades. There are over 1.4 million tonnes of waste on the site and there have been several court cases about it. In July 2017, after a 53-day hearing in the High Court, Mr. Justice Humphreys concluded that the council had carried out a botched remediation of the site, on which 93% of the waste remains. It has been given three years to clean up the site. What is the Taoiseach doing to ensure the order will be adhered to? There is a massive legal bill. Who will cover that cost and the estimated cost of €100 million to remediate the site and remove all of the illegally dumped waste on it?

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