I propose to take Questions Nos. 24, 34 and 132 together.
I understand that Wicklow County Council is currently dealing with two cases involving the unauthorised disposal of health care waste, and it is suspected that there may be a third site where such waste may have been disposed of. There are reports in the media today of the discovery of hospital waste dumped at a location in north Dublin. I am not aware of any other such cases over the past year.
The possibility of contamination of ground and surface waters is an obvious concern in such cases. I understand that there is currently no evidence of water contamination arising from the sites identified in Wicklow. I am not currently aware of the circumstances of the Dublin site.