Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 September 2014
256. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department is involved with the health and safety concerns at a refuse centre (details supplied) in County Cork; the actions he will take to ensure that the concerns of the residents are being met; the assurances he will provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36188/14]
View answerThe facility in question operates under a waste licence granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). I have no role in relation to the monitoring and enforcement of conditions attaching to waste licences. These are matters for the EPA and I am precluded under section 60(3) of the Waste Management Act 1996 from exercising any power in relation to the performance by the EPA of its licensing functions in specific cases under the Act.
