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National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Bernard Allen: Question 137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the national waste management plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on his plans to deal with toxic and nuclear waste. [2845/04]

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: Under the Waste Management Acts 1996 to 2003, each local authority is required to make a waste management plan in respect of its functional area. All local authorities involved in the waste management planning process have made plans and are now actively engaged in the process of implementation. My Department has been developing a national overview of waste management plans. This national...

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Bernard Allen: I have heard enough to know the Minister is putting the cart before the horse. He is admitting in the Dáil that he expects local authorities to produce a waste management plan, yet no national waste management plan exists. Would the Minister agree that it is highly negligent to involve himself in very expensive advertising campaigns on television and radio, when people cannot implement the...

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: I am not surprised that the Deputy, a member of the Fine Gael Party who brought in the legislation, does not know what is in the legislation they introduced. It delegated specific authority. We agreed in Ireland to a regional approach to the implementation of the hierarchy of integrated waste management plans. I am glad to say that in spite of the bleating from the Fine Gael and Labour...

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: The six minutes for this question are concluded.

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Bernard Allen: The Minister spent most of the time speaking but I did not get an opportunity to ask supplementary questions. Surely the Minister cannot waffle out of the situation. That is ridiculous. I have one supplementary question. Where is he proposing to store the nuclear waste? He said in committee that four sites were being considered. Where are they?

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: I regret I could not answer the question in full, but the remainder will be made available.

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: I ask Deputy Allen to resume his seat.

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Bernard Durkan: On a point of order, the Minister deliberately wasted time giving a history lecture to the Opposition Members. If that is the way it will proceed, we are wasting our time here

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: I am asking Deputy Durkan to resume his seat.

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Bernard Durkan: You can. The Chair could have interrupted the Minister when he was wasting time, but he did not.

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: The Chair has no control over the length of replies. If Deputies are not happy with the way questions are organised, I suggest they go to the Dáil reform committee.

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: The detail is in the question, as the Chair rightly said. I could not finish within the rules of the House. That is not my fault. The information will be made available to the Deputies. The final decisions——

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: The Minister initially had two minutes, which the Chair intervened to point out and the Minister resumed his seat. Deputy Allen then took two minutes to ask a question and the Minister took another two minutes. I intervened to tell the Minister the six minutes were up. I now call Question No. 139

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: I think it is Question No. 138.

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: Question No. 139 in the name of Deputy Joe Higgins as Deputy Gilmore is not here.

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Emmet Stagg: On a procedural matter, a Cheann Comhairle, can Deputy Gilmore's Question No. 138 not be taken when I am here?

National Waste Management Plan. (3 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: A Priority Question is never taken unless the Deputy who submitted it is present.