Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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1006. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is statutorily obliged to assess and monitor the risk to human health should An Bord Pleanála approve a company's (details supplied) application to burn waste at its plant in County Limerick. [16642/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I have been advised by the HSE that there is no environmental or planning legislation which obliges it to assess and monitor the risk to human health from a particular site specific development following the granting of planning permission.

The licence assessment process, which is the responsibility of the EPA, includes considering elements of human health. The emission standards are set to take account of impacts on environment and human health. The HSE contributes to the consultation on the licence application process.