Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 June 2017
93. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the information he received regarding the incident at the Poolbeg incinerator run by a company (details supplied) at which 11 persons were hospitalised; and the powers he has to ensure the real-time display of key operational data from the incinerator. [29793/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Environmental Protection Agency is the body responsible under statute for ensuring that the plant referred to in the Question is operating in accordance with the conditions of its industrial emissions licence. The Minister has no role in this matter and is precluded in legislation from exercising any power or control in relation to the performance by the Agency, in particular circumstances, of a statutory function vested in it.
The Agency has provided information regarding the licensing and operation of the facility (including regarding the provision of real-time and summary emissions monitoring data), which is available at www.epa.ie/enforcement/licenseeinfo/.
Furthermore, the Agency has issued two updates regarding the incident to which the Deputy refers, also available at www.epa.ie/enforcement/licenseeinfo/.
I understand that the appropriate statutory bodies, the Agency and the Health and Safety Authority, are investigating the incident.
