Government promises Dublin 600,000 tonnes of carbondioxide - Doolan
Published: 19 April, 2007
Sinn Féin's Dublin Environment Spokesperson & candidate for Dublin South
East, Councillor Daithí Doolan, has today called on, "An Bord Pleanála to
reject the planned Poolbeg incinerator."
Speaking from An Bord Pleanála's oral hearing in Croke Park, Dublin, Cllr.
Doolan said
"The proposal to build an incinerator on the Poolbeg Peninsula area flies
against any rationale thinking. At a time when the world is facing massive
climate change and global warming we have a planning proposal that will emit
a further 600,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide & bring 100's of trucks back into
Dublin's city centre on a daily basis."
Cllr. Doolan explains,
"The Programme for Government dictates that an incinerator must be built in
Dublin, without any proper study, without any consultation the Poolbeg
Peninsula was chosen as the location. The process itself has undermined
democracy, the local community and Dublin City Council's own City
Development Plan which excludes incineration from the peninsula. This
incinerator is clearly a political trade off, Poolbeg Peninsula must take an
incinerator while the people of Lusk must take a super dump in return. Both
are unacceptable.
No one doubts that Dublin faces a waste management crisis, but simply
burning and burying our waste is not the solution. Communities are committed
to defeating the failed strategy of burning and burying our waste. The
incinerator must be opposed and the plans abolished. A strategy of tackling
the waste crisis at source must be implemented, a strategy that aims at
reducing, reusing and recycling, with the ultimate objective of Zero Waste
for Dublin."
Cllr. Doolan continued
"An Bord Pleanála might attempt to spin their way out of responsibility by
churning out the jaded line that it is only on strictly planning grounds
they can reject the plans. But our planning decisions must take our global
commitments into consideration. Mitigation, taking strong actions to reduce
carbon emissions, must be viewed as a planning issue. Ireland is only
allowed emit 7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide yet this proposed
incinerator will generate 600,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide. To allow the
plans to proceed contradicts our commitments under the Kyoto agreement."
In conclusion Cllr. Doolan, called on, "An Bord Pleanála to take their
responsibility seriously and to reject Dublin City Council's request for
planning permission for the proposed incinerator here in Ringsend."
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