Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will avail of the provisions in Annex III allowing a member state to exclude the spreading of sewage sludge from the scope of application of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10127/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The EU Environmental Liability Directive has been transposed into Irish law by the European Community (Environmental Liability) Regulations 2008, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas library.

While the Regulations transpose all of the Environmental Liability Directive, there are a number of discretionary provisions open to Member States to choose whether or not to adopt. It is my intention to provide for certain discretions, including that in relation to the spreading of sewage sludge from urban waste water treatment plants, treated to an approved standard, for agricultural purposes, in primary legislation later this year.