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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 31 Jan 1989

Vol. 386 No. 3

Written Answers. - Anti-Pollution Fireplace Appliance.

141.

asked the Minister for the Environment if his attention has been drawn to the conflicting claims regarding the environmental effectiveness of a solid fuel burning appliance for open fires (details supplied); the action, if any, he has taken to clarify the position in order that the appliance, if satisfactory, can be installed by householders in smokeless/smog free zones or inner city areas with his Department's or local authority approval and receive where applicable, a financial grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Having regard to the evidence given at the relevant oral hearing in June 1988, fireplaces of the class known as the full burning open fire boiler have been authorised for use in the area to which the Special Control Area (Ballyfermot) Order, 1988, applies and have been included among the conversion options for which grants are available. As regards authorisation of this and other appliances and fuels for use in special control areas generally, I have asked EOLAS to carry out a short-term intensive smoke emissions testing programme, the results of which would enable the matter to be fully assessed. These results are expected in the near future.

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