Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the necessary environmental clean-up at the former steel plant site on Haulbowline Island, County Cork. [31491/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The Government has considered the position in relation to the former Irish Steel/Ispat site at Haulbowline, noting the outcome of the site investigations, the requirement for various works and further monitoring recommended by the environmental consultants, and the development issues, particularly technical constraints, site boundary issues, zoning issues and regulatory requirements.

The Government decided that the Office of Public Works would chair a working group to develop a structured and coherent approach to the further management and development of the site, with Cork County Council continuing to discharge site management responsibilities on an agency basis. The work of the group is ongoing and a decision on the future use of the site, taking account of the group's work will be a necessary input into the determination of the approach to the site's remediation.