Kevin Humphreys (Labour) | Oireachtas source

We have already exceeded the limits set in the World Health Organization's air quality standards, particularly in terms of exhaust pollution from diesel engines. My information is that we will exceed the European standards in January with respect to those limits. There is no question of our exceeding them, that is definite. I have talked to the Environmental Protection Agency about its additional monitoring. We are already in breach of those standards. The data on that has just not been delivered. We will be open to hundreds of millions of euro in fines from the EU as standards have been laid down. We need to move quickly on this issue. I welcome the raising of the issue today.

What Senator McDowell said about the housing crisis is correct. I am delighted he is moving closer to Berlin than Boston in his economic outlook because it is very true that-----