Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-13-Speech-2-121"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060613.20.2-121"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-13-Speech-2-1222
lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"I support this recommendation and particularly reject attempts to lower EU water standards by effectively abandoning the 1991 Nitrates Directive, which Ireland has been ruled in breach of by the European Court of Justice. A 2004 European Environment Agency report estimated that removing nitrates from drinking water is up to ten times more expensive than taking preventive measures at farm level. Conservative amendments seeking to repeal the Nitrates Directive would therefore mean Irish taxpayers having to pay possibly billions more for clean drinking water. We have no right to compromise on the quality of water or to cut deals here on the quality of water. We must err on the side of precaution, not on the side of cost. No Member States will maintain or indeed establish adequate standards. They have failed to do so up to now. They have allowed thousands of illegal dumps right across Europe, including in Ireland – which has still to implement the Nitrates Directive. We must set stringent standards and strict and severe penalties for those Member States which fail to meet those standards and we should not hide behind the principle of subsidiarity, which is simply escaping from our responsibilities."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Labour Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3,3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2004-09-20--2007-03-13)3,3 member; PETI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 member; Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006-01-19--2007-06-19)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Proinsias De Rossa (PSE ),"1 "in writing"1

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