Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 313: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 362 and 370 of 30 March 2010 and Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 29 April 2010, if batch testing of the discharged effluent is taking place; the toxicity concentrations that were found; the frequency of the batch testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19078/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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My Department does not hold the information sought. The conditions applying to a waste licence and the enforcement of such conditions, including in respect of testing, are solely matters for the Environmental Protection Agency and are not matters in which the Minister has a role.

Section 60(3) of the Waste Management Act 1996 precludes the Minister from exercising any power or control in relation to the performance, in particular circumstances, by a local authority or the EPA of a function conferred on it.