Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government established a group to carry out a review by examining current enforcement structures. As I have already pointed out, that group is comprised of a wide variety of representative groups. The group has made recommendations and these are currently being considered by the County and City Managers Association and the Department.

I take on board what the Senator has said. I repeat my view that when there is a complaint and when there are clearly concerns about any issue they must be addressed. We do not know whether the EPA has carried out an investigation. It may well have done so. In the event that we do not know, we should know. Certainly, the people most directly affected should know and the agency should be more transparent about it. After all, if people have concerns about where and how they live, it is a serious matter.