Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 28 May 1992

Vol. 420 No. 5

Written Answers. - ESB Study.

John Bruton

Question:

112 Mr. J. Bruton, Mr. J. Mitchell and Mr. Carey asked the Minister for the Environment the date, methodology, pricing and other assumptions of the ESB study, referred to by his Minister of State (details supplied) on 12 May 1992 to the effect that waste incineration for district heating would be uneconomic.

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment (Miss Harney)

The main conclusions of this study, which was carried out more than ten years ago, were that waste incineration for district heating, while technically feasible, would be of doubtful economic viability. I am not in a position to comment on the methodology and other assumptions of the study.