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Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Cuffe contradicted himself. He did not have his facts right.

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Kennedy will send it to the incinerator in Cavan. The Minister allowed him to do so.

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will give Deputy Kennedy his answer in a minute.

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: This has been an important debate and I welcome the contributions from all sides. To use the words of the Minister, Deputy Gormley, the proposed incinerator in Poolbeg is a massive development which will be the length of Croke Park, the height of Liberty Hall and the stacks of which will beas high as the Spire in the centre of Dublincity.

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: As one can see from his website, the Minister has numerous impressive and telling photographs of this. One photograph, which I have before me, shows the Minister, the Minister of State, Deputy Sargent, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Ryan, and Senator to be Dan Boyle outside the steps of Leinster House.

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: This photograph obviously no longer exists.

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, it is gone. The photograph no longer appears here anyway, but the fact is we all know where the Minister, in his heart and in his mind, stands on this matter and I supported him and his party, nationally and locally, in his opposition to incineration. In fact, the Minister stated on 19 October last in a press statement on Poolbeg that if he was sitting at the...

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Where do we stand on this issue? The fundamental principle is that before entering Government the Green Party had the opportunity to identify this as a core issue and honour the pledge on its website. The Green Party policy is to put a ten year moratorium on the development of incinerators and other thermal treatment facilities nationally. We found this on the Green Party website today....

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister can change the website but he cannot stop Google from giving me the facts. I compliment Deputy Gormley on his website——

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: ——and its links. I spent a lot of time following them here, there and everywhere. The people who marched behind the Minister up the hill to Leinster House are at the core of this issue. He did not do a deal before going into Government and should now listen to the Opposition and insist on changes. One of the key concerns about incineration is its impact on health. That is the...

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The report on the health impact of incineration, some of which was written by a fine person and prominent consultant, Dr. Anthony Staines, whose expertise Fine Gael and the Green Party have used, is not clear on the issue. It is certain that living in proximity to landfill or incinerators leads to a higher incidence of neural tube defects and heart defects in children. Even in the weak...

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I could not read the script the Minister read last night. My stomach churned when I heard those weak arguments. The Minister stated: "I live with my family in Ringsend and my position as a public representative for Dublin South-East and a local resident in regard to the Poolbeg incinerator project is well known, entirely consistent and second to none." Let the Minister prove it tonight by...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (4 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans regarding the education of children with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19218/07]

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (4 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the allocation of an allowance for vocational educational committee chairmen similar to that provided for county development board chairmen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19298/07]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (4 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on appointing public representatives to the northside and southside regeneration boards, which will oversee the regeneration of the Moyross and Southill areas of Limerick City; if names of public representatives were submitted to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19178/07]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will respond directly to a letter from a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19391/07]

Written Answers — Railway Stations: Railway Stations (5 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the progress to date on a new railway station in Dunleer, County Louth. [19586/07]

Written Answers — Railway Stations: Railway Stations (5 Jul 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the position regarding the proposed new railway station at Drogheda north. [19587/07]

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Taoiseach should give them answers.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: On a day such as this, when we are debating a Taoiseach who tells incredible stories and uses language which ordinary people can barely, if ever, understand, it is worth quoting another famous Dubliner with a certain facility for language. Joyce told us history was a nightmare from which we must seek to awake. It seems Fianna Fáil is showing no signs of awakening from the nightmare of the...