Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-03-12-Speech-2-237"
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"Commissioner, I received your letter today after your visit to Ireland, but the last point you raised, which your letter failed to address, relates to the lack of resources in the Legal Unit of the Environment Directorate to deal with complaints. This is a major problem that has to be addressed, because the rights of EU citizens are being denied where complaints are not being fully examined. At the same time environmental damage continues. We must address that.
In relation to waste, the problem with Ireland is that it is failing to comply with the waste directive. In today's
Wicklow County Council admits to the existence of up to 88 illegal dumps, 19 of which have not even been examined yet. That council has been suspected of being involved in dumping in some of these illegal sites and the EPA, the body responsible for protecting the environment, has actually granted a waste licence to one of these illegal sites.
Unfortunately our minister has today ruled out any kind of independent inquiry into this. In the light of the failure of the Irish authorities to comply with EU directives, particularly in relation to waste, is there any possibility that the Commission might consider sending in an independent team to investigate the damage that is being done and the irregularities present in relation to waste in this area in particular?"@en1
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