Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 30 Apr 1998

Vol. 490 No. 4

Written Answers. - Waste Disposal.

Emmet Stagg

Ceist:

75 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the plans, if any, there are for Iarnród Éireann to use its existing rail network to allow private sector waste management firms to transport waste for burial and disposal in disused underground mines at Silvermines, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10357/98]

Minister for Public Enterprise (Mrs. O'Rourke)

The commercial activities of Iarnród Eireann are entirely day-to-day matters for that company. I have no statutory function in relation to these issues.