Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 July 2014
537. Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in bringing forward the remediation plan for Kerdiffstown landfill, Naas, County Kildare in view of the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency recommended a course of action last January. [29648/14]
View answerThe EPA engaged SKM Enviros consultants to develop an options paper for the remediation of the former landfill site at Kerdiffstown, Naas, County Kildare. The Agency received the final options report last Autumn, setting out three main options for remediation. The Agency discussed the report in October with a number of stakeholders, including local elected representatives and Oireachtas Members from the area, local residents and business representatives.
Taking account of these deliberations and their own analysis, the Board of the EPA considered the options report earlier this year and recommended one of the three options as the most appropriate. While there are a number of land ownership issues that need to be resolved in advance of actual remediation commencing, I expect my Department's consideration of the matter to be completed shortly and that the preferred remediation option would then be presented to Government.
