Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

I draw Senator Byrne's attention to article 4 of the judgment which specifies that member states shall take the necessary measures to ensure that waste is recovered or disposed of without endangering human health and without using processes or methods which could harm the environment and, in particular, without risk to water, air, soil, plants and animals and without causing a nuisance through odours or noise, without adversely affecting the countryside or places of special interest. In the judgment this country is explicitly in the dock and we must file our defence by next Friday. If we do not file our defence we will be paying those fines.