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Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (4 Jul 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 194: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if in preparation for the speedy ratification of the Aarhus Convention as agreed in the Programme for Government, he will indicate the date on which he will finalise the transposition, now overdue by two years, of Directive 2003/35/EC on public participation in environmental decision making. [19192/07]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (4 Jul 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the Groundwater Survey of Ireland has sufficient resources to provide timely responses to requests for technical backup from local authorities and enquiries from the general public. [19197/07]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (4 Jul 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the Goundwater Survey of Ireland detailing outstanding requests, from local authorities; if he will provide a date by which it is proposed to complete the survey; if he will provide a date by which all the data from the survey will be available in digital format for general use. [19198/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (4 Jul 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the additional funding being made available by the Government to the Geological Service of Ireland for permanent and temporary staff to implement the recently announced national geoscience programme; and the other funding that has been sourced for this programme. [19199/07]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 Jul 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the dangers of unregulated drilling of boreholes for private and public water schemes; and his views on producing statutory regulations or comprehensive guidelines concerning the drilling industry and groundwater abstraction which require specific standards of construction...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 Jul 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review the state of the records of boreholes here and take whatever measures are necessary to ensure drillers and consultants logs are provided to the Geological Service of Ireland for all boreholes completed. [19201/07]

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

Ruairi Quinn: Which the Minister denied.

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

Ruairi Quinn: He is not here.

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

Ruairi Quinn: He ran away from it.

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

Ruairi Quinn: That is not true.

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

Ruairi Quinn: Which he has just abandoned.

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

Ruairi Quinn: What was the Deputy doing there?

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

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy is going to vote for the incinerator.

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

Ruairi Quinn: Will the Deputy accept a question?

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

Ruairi Quinn: Does he believe the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, can change the policy directive to An Bord Pleanála that incineration is a national policy?

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

Ruairi Quinn: Yet the Minister is going to let it happen.

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

Ruairi Quinn: It will still get planning permission, though, because it is policy.

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

Ruairi Quinn: An Bord Pleanála still has not received the inspector's report.

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

Ruairi Quinn: The decision that was taken was contrary to the recommendation of the planning authority.

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

Ruairi Quinn: Exactly.