Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 April 2015
194. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the result of correspondence and discussions he had with the Minister for the Environment for Northern Ireland following the dumping of sludge, a by-product of diesel laundering, in the Louth-Monaghan area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15108/15]
View answerAs I outlined in the reply to Question No. 260 of 5 March 2015, I have written to my counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive, Minister Mark Durkan, to highlight again the problems being faced by border counties exposed to the consequences of environmental crime. Minister Durkan shares my abhorrence of the criminality which underpins this problem and the reckless and dangerous practice which endangers both human health and the environment and poses a particular threat to our watercourses. I will be raising this matter again with Minister Durkan at the forthcoming North South Ministerial Council meeting on the 13 May 2015.
