Roger T. Garland
Question:48 Mr. Garland asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the practice of hospital waste from Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 being disposed of by deep burial at a county council tiphead; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that such a practice is inherently dangerous, especially if the wastes have not been sorted, as hospital wastes contain both toxic and hazardous materials which, in the due process of time, contaminate the ground waters and thence the water courses; and the measures he intends to take to rectify this situation.