Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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1325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the status of the cleanup of the former Irish Steel site in Haulbowline, County Cork. [37887/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The remediation of the area of Haulbowline Island known as the East Tip forms part of Ireland's Programme of Measures to address the judgment in April 2005 of the European Court of Justice against Ireland in Case C494/01.

Cork County Council, acting as agents on my behalf, have been engaged in a range of preparatory works at Haulbowline since 2012 including extensive site exploration works, road and bridge repair and securing the appropriate planning and licencing permits.

Following a comprehensive tendering process, the preferred tenderer for the primary East Tip works was identified by Cork County Council and the contract signed on 10 July last. The works programme includes marine elements to prevent tidal incursions to the site, access and infrastructure works and the capping of waste materials to render the site safe, stable and suitable for future uses. I expect significant construction activity to commence on site over the coming weeks and for remediation works on the East Tip to be largely complete by late 2018.