Dan Boyle (Green Party)

I thank the Cathaoirleach. As I stated, I would welcome a debate on waste management and incineration. If other parties in the House want to eliminate incineration as an option, it would constitute a departure from their policy positions. I would welcome an all-party approach to this issue.

On Senator Bacik's proposal to amend the Order of Business, the Senator indicated informally that she intended to raise the issue of recent regulations on dredging and certain information was obtained on her behalf. The order signed by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Eamon Ryan, has been superseded by a transfer of powers between Departments. Aquaculture is now the responsibility of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Mary Coughlan. The order in question was one of three orders relating to Dundalk, Waterford and Tramore, respectively, which were done on the basis of information supplied by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. A licence similar to that issued for the Waterford Estuary was issued for Dundalk, while an application for a similar licence was refused for Tramore. In light of this, I ask the Senator to await the outcome of ongoing negotiations between Coastwatch Ireland, on the one hand, and Bord Iascaigh Mhara and the National Parks and Wildlife Service, on the other, and allow for a review of the order which will continue in its current form.