Deep disappointment as Green's break promise on incinerator - Doolan
Published: 14 June, 2007
Sinn Féin's Dublin Spokesperson on the Environment, Cllr. Daithí Doolan, has
today expressed deep disappointment at the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Programme
for Government's failure to exclude the proposed incinerator for Poolbeg
Peninsula.
Speaking this afternoon form City Hall Cllr. Daithí Doolan said,
"The Greens have now reneged on a vital commitment to the people of Dublin
in allowing this incinerator go ahead. The fact that this incinerator is in
Deputy John Gormley's very own constituency and that his opposition to it
was one of his key promises during the campaign shows that this is truly an
opportunity wasted by the Green Party. The programme for government only
addresses the issue of levies for landfills and how the government will not
give competitive advantage to incineration. This is a totally inadequate
response to a major challenge facing the incoming government. Those of us
involved in the long campaign against this incinerator had hoped a change of
government would have brought a change of policy but unfortunately this is
not to be."
Cllr Doolan continued
"Those of us still committed to winning the campaign must now redouble our
efforts and ensure that An Bord Pleanála rule against the government plan.
This city faces a waste management crisis but to continue to bury and burn
our waste is a deeply flawed and totally unacceptable policy. We must rule
out the option of incineration and invest in a programme to reduce, reuse
and recycle our waste."
Cllr. Doolan concluded by saying
"Sinn Féin will continue to stand by local communities and campaign with
communities to implement a Zero Waste Strategy for Dublin. It has become the
only credible and workable alternative to the failed government policy of
burning and burying our waste."
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