Michael Kitt (Fianna Fail)

I support Senator Ulick Burke's concerns about the dumping of sludge in Eyrecourt in east Galway. A private dump commissioned by Greenstar will open in east Galway on 1 January while two miles down the road Galway County Council has proposed another landfill. It is very unfair that two landfills would operate within two miles of each other. The local authority has direct involvement in the public dump. We should debate the waste management issue as it applies to the Connacht waste management plan in this House. Mayo has no landfill for the north of Connacht but two landfills are proposed for east Galway.