Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the progress to date in 2005 in investigating the illegal diesel laundering and the dumping of toxic sludge on the roadside in County Louth which has resulted in Louth County Council spending over €250,000 in disposing of this sludge. [36178/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that investigations into illegal diesel laundering in the Border area are ongoing in conjunction with Customs and Excise and the environmental unit at Louth County Council. The toxic sludge is a residue from a diesel laundering operation which has been dumped along the border area of County Louth. The Garda authorities inform me that the prime suspects reside in Northern Ireland and along the Border area within this jurisdiction.