Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 229: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy on waste to energy production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14928/08]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Under the Programme for Government we are strongly committed to a waste management hierarchy based on the cornerstones of reduction, reuse, recycling and marketing of recycled products. We are committed to ensuring that the National Waste Management System uses all available sustainable technologies to the highest operating standards and best international practice, including the use of waste for generating sustainable electricity. "Waste to Energy" solutions must be fully compatible with these national waste policy goals as well as the National Strategy for Biodegradable Waste, taking account of EU and international experience. All proposed waste to energy projects must therefore be compliant with the waste management hierarchy and compliant with any licensing requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency and, where appropriate, the EU Waste Incineration Directive.