Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 83: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the nature of representations he has received on the proposed waste treatment plant in Waterford Port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11020/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I assume that the question refers to reports relating to a possible proposal by a private company to develop a solid waste treatment plant in Waterford Port on a commercial basis. Waste management facilities must comply with stringent planning and environmental standards and secure planning permission from the relevant local authority or An Bord Pleanála and environmental licensing from the Environmental Protection Agency.

I am advised that my Department received representations some time ago from individuals who had concerns about the above possible development. My Department replied that it was legally precluded from becoming involved in the planning and EPA licensing processes.