John Bruton
Question:251 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment the cost of the investment necessary to have all waterways free of pollution by 1996.
Written Answers. - Waterways Pollution Control Programme.
No estimate has been made by my Department in relation to the particular time-frame mentioned in the question. The Government's Environment Action Programme does however set out a range of measures necessary to deal with water quality problems into the coming decade; these include investment proposals, and improved controls and institutional arrangements, such as the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency.