(Wexford): We are already thinking along these lines. The waste Bill will be introduced towards the end of the year; there will also be a strategy for recycling. These issues are being looked at. For a number of years all waste in Dublin Corporation, Dublin County Council and Dún Laoghaire Borough areas has been disposed of in landfill sites in the county. Under the waste Bill we will be urging more co-operation between local authorities, which can prove very difficult to achieve at times.
If, for example, we want to send waste from Wexford into Waterford, I doubt that it would be acceptable. It is an emotive issue. The siting of local authority landfills in other jurisdictions will be subject to normal planning and environmental impact assessment requirements. It is the environmental suitability of a site rather than the local authority jurisdiction which has priority.