Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2012
667. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the results of the 36 enforcement visits to a premises (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47619/12]
View answer669. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the evidence available to him indicating whether the waste and in particular the red mud waste at a premises (details supplied) in County Limerick is hazardous [47620/12]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 667 and 669 together.
The facility in question operates under an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) licence granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The monitoring and enforcement of conditions attaching to IPPC licences are a matter for the EPA and I am precluded from exercising any power in relation to the performance by the EPA of its licensing functions in specific cases under the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992, as amended.
