James Heffernan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I do. I will show the Minister of State exactly why there is a need for an ombudsman inquiry or a different form of inquiry into the EPA. Let me refer to the preliminary documentation produced by the EPA in 2007 regarding the granting of a licence to Aughinish Alumina, the plant about which I am talking. The documents states: "Notwithstanding this clause the licensee is prohibited from commencing deposition of process residues in [...] in advance of an agreed security being in place." That means one cannot go dumping one's rubbish until a bond is in place, such that if there is a disaster there will be enough money to clear it up.