asked the Minister for the Environment if his Department have carried out, or propose to carry out an environmental impact analysis of the Dublin Corporation proposal for a waste incinerator to be located in Ballymun, Dublin 11; if the Department have carried out any study of the economics of this proposal to see if it can be justified on economic grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - Ballymun (Dublin) Waste Incinerator.
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Responsibility for all aspects of waste management in their area, including consideration of the economic and environmental implications of waste disposal options, is a matter for Dublin Corporation. I understand that the corporation have not taken a final decision to proceed with the provision of a waste incinerator at Ballymun but that an environmental impact assessment would be carried out in advance of a decision to do so. In relation to air emissions and the disposal of wastes from an incinerator, I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Questions Nos. 180 and 181 of 16 February 1988.