Averil Power (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In response to the Minister's comment, unlike his Cabinet colleague, the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, I accept that there is a need for increased sewerage treatment facilities in north Dublin. Neither myself nor other members of my party have ever argued that capacity should not be increased. However, we have questioned the logic behind having only one plant. We have argued that it would make much more sense to have a number of small, local plants. We have not taken the NIMBY approach to this issue, unlike the Minister, Deputy Hogan's colleague, who issued a statement yesterday to the effect that the plant was not good enough for his part of north Dublin but was fine for the people of Clonshaugh.