Simon Coveney
Question:543 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received a letter of formal warning or similar correspondence from the environmental directorate of the EU Commission relating to concerns on the part of that directorate regarding the proposal currently before An Bord Pleanála to develop a large scale landfill at Garrynagree, Dungarvan, County Waterford; if so, if he has responded to this correspondence; if not, when he proposes to respond and the terms in which; if he will publish the text of the correspondence received and his response; if the correspondence received from the Commission has been furnished to An Bord Pleanála and the Environmental Protection Agency in order that their attention may be drawn to the Commission’s concerns in a timely manner having regard to the exercise of their own statutory function relating to the proposal; and if the correspondence will be placed in the library of the Houses of the Oireachtas. [17169/04]
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