Written answers

Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Environmental Protection Enforcement

Photo of Terence FlanaganTerence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that jobs are protected in a company (details supplied) by helping to ensure the company gets halal certification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3686/14]

Photo of Finian McGrathFinian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a threat to jobs at a premises (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [3986/14]

Photo of Phil HoganPhil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 485 and 546 together.

Under section 60(3) of the Waste Management Act 1996, I am precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to the performance by the Environmental Protection Agency or a local authority, in particular circumstances, of a statutory function vested in it, including enforcement functions.

Issues concerning the enforcement of waste management legislation are a matter for the appropriate regulatory authority and should therefore be pursued with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the relevant local authority, as appropriate.

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