Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This question is on the ongoing failure by Government to introduce a nationwide ban on smoky coal and ensure rural towns and villages are protected from air pollution. New analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has found air pollution is reaching dangerous levels, beyond World Health Organization, WHO, air quality guidelines and we have serious issues with premature deaths, asthma related illnesses and cardiac related illnesses as a result. Given this disturbing state of affairs, on Monday of this week the EPA called for an urgent nationwide ban on smoky coal. Will the Minister outline what immediate actions, legislative or otherwise, he is taking to improve air quality and ensure a nationwide ban is put in place?

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