Seanad debates

Wednesday, 5 November 2003

Waste Management: Statements (Resumed).

 

I acknowledge that there is opposition to landfill. For example, in the past 12 months, a private company acquired land and applied for and was granted planning permission by the county council. This permission is being appealed to An Bord Pleanála and we await a final decision. However, there are places in some counties in which we could integrate proper landfill sites if the ordinary process of consultation was allowed to take place. Delays will be caused if the Government takes the attitude of blaming local authority members and taking power from them on the basis that they will pussy-foot around the issue or they will not do anything because they are afraid of the local elections. Who is delaying the use of the three sites in County Galway? Will someone decide, sooner rather than later, that they are suitable or not and make a decision in regard to the alternatives?

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