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Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Mugabe would not do it.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Apply that to Mr. Connolly.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: The Minister did not apply it to Mr. Connolly.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Is this a conversion?

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Does the Minister seriously suspect that the Department did this without the Minister's knowledge?

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Has the Minister any control over his Department?

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Answer the question.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Does the Minister seriously ask us to believe that the Department took this action without consulting the Minister's office?

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: The Minister's fingerprints are all over this.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Who is running the Department?

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: He did not.

Waste Management. (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to ask the Minister a number of questions. May I take it that Dublin City Council, as the sponsoring local authority on behalf of the four local authorities, will be required to terminate the existing contract with Elsam and that, consequently, the comprehensive planning process in train will be aborted and we will be obliged to start all over again? Do any implications for financial...

Waste Management. (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Does the Minister honestly expect Members to believe the Tánaiste had so much time on his hands in the past three days that he decided to give the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, a call to ascertain what was happening in respect of the incinerator?

Waste Management. (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: While I believe the Minister, millions would not.

Waste Management. (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Yes, they are.

Waste Management. (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Under the PPP, they are.

Waste Management. (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: The risk is with the applicant — Elsam, not Dublin City Council.

Waste Management. (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to add a supplementary question in the interests of efficiency. Is it correct to state the application was made by Elsam, not Dublin City Council? Under the PPP process, Elsam takes the risk of the conditions which might be imposed by An Bord Pleanála and the EPA. Tomorrow, if it emerges the new owner of Elsam has decided not to proceed with the contract, what will be the point of...

Waste Management. (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: It is clearly a case of a single-party Government.

Waste Management. (22 Feb 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: The Minister can correct me if I am wrong but my understanding is that the original tender invitation was for a design, build and operate PPP process. I take the Minister's word that the formal applicant was Dublin City Council, but the specification and design of the plant was the responsibility of Elsam because Dublin City Council does not have that capability. I am trying to think this...