Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 221: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 362 and 370 of 30 March 2010, the reason effluent which is not authorised for discharge at Balleally is being authorised for discharge beside the Phoenix Park train station in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17354/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Section 52 of the Waste Management Act 1996 requires that the consent of the relevant local authority is obtained prior to any sanction being granted to discharge leachate from landfill to sewers. In addition, section 40(4) of that Act prohibits the granting of a Waste Licence unless, inter alia, "any emissions from the recovery or disposal activity in question ("the activity concerned") will not result in the contravention of any relevant standard, including any standard for an environmental medium, or any relevant emission limit value, prescribed under any other enactment." The conditions applying to a waste licence and the enforcement of such conditions are matters for the Environmental Protection Agency. Under section 60(3) of the Waste Management Act 1996 the Minister is precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to the performance, in particular circumstances, of a function conferred on the Agency by or under the Act.

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 222: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the amount of moneys owed to each local authority in respect of outstanding unpaid claims by the local authorities for costs incurred in progressing projects under the waste services investment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17368/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The table below indicates claims submitted by local authorities that are currently under consideration by my Department in respect of capital waste management projects. In relation to the details set out in the table, the following should be noted.

With respect to the category "Outstanding Information required from LA", no further progress can be made on these claims until such time as the information requested is supplied by the local authorities concerned. The category "Under Consideration" includes situations where the local authority has spent in excess of their maximum grant and is seeking supplementary funding to cover the additional expenditure. The category "Ready to be paid" details claims which have been approved and will be paid to the relevant local authorities by April 30th 2010.