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- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: I will see what can be done, but I am unsure if the EPA can make available material that was the subject of a court judgment.
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: Regarding the question about meeting with the councils, I intended to go to Cork to discuss the Green Paper. Perhaps I could meet the people in the area, especially the local representatives, in that context. I was contacted by one of my councillors yesterday and agreed tentatively to do that, but it will be in the autumn. Can Deputy McGrath remind me of his question?
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: This was raised by the Opposition too. The point about remediation is there are various forms. I hope the report and options paper will spell out in detail the best approach. It all depends on the proposed use of the site. If the site is used for residential purposes, extensive remediation is necessary. Remediation of course, brings its own difficulties. It involves bringing up all the...
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: The Deputy assures me he discussed a mixed development siteââ
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: He never mentioned a crèche by all accounts.
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: The point is that ifââ
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: If there was a residential development thereââ
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: The site must be remediated to the best extent possible. I realise Deputies have further questions and I will have answered all questions put either in person or in writing.
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: I welcome this opportunity to address the House on the former steelworks site on Haulbowline island. When the matter was last raised in this Chamber, I was in Cork at a meeting on the Green Paper on local government reform with local representatives from all political parties. I thank my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Hoctor, for deputising for me on that occasion and dealing with...
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: No. The Deputy is quite wrong. I am happyââ
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: Can I sayââ
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: I will answer the Deputy's questions when he asks them.
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: The Deputy is incorrect. As I said to the Deputy earlier this morning, if this is an exercise in eliciting information, I am quite happy to give him any information he likes. I will give him everything if that is what this is about.
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: If it is about political point-scoring, that is a different matter.
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: If it is about getting information, the Deputy can have every bit of information he wants.
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: The Deputy can have every bit of information he wants.
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: I gave the representatives all that data and the full suite of technical data which it generated. I also gave them the reports on the ongoing monitoring of the site which has been carried out over the intervening period. These documents are now in the public domain and my Department has arranged with the consultants who produced the 2005 report that they will clarify any technical issues...
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: By whom?
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: No problem.
- Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: Does the Deputy disapprove of that?