Eugene Regan (Fine Gael)

We do not want this to serve as some inducement to a witness to be co-operative with the Garda and the prosecution services. I ask the Leader to refer the matter to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in order that there would be a protocol — it should not be ad hoc — adopted to reflect this policy. I wonder whether in present circumstances the Garda and the prosecution service would facilitate witnesses who, for example, prove to be hostile witnesses.

I refer to the Minister, Deputy Gormley, and the independent report of the ESRI. The Minister has had a position on the Poolbeg incinerator. He made promises to the electorate of Dublin South-East that he would change policy in this regard. We now have an independent report on waste policy which affirms the approach that——