Dr. White’s Blackwater recommendation
O’Leary asked whether inspectors accepted Dr. White’s recommendation to halt mining beneath the Blackwater until the river was diverted. The Ceann Comhairle and Minister treated this as a separate question, which received no substantive answer.
Can the Minister tell the House whether his inspectorate accept the recommendations of Dr. White of the Royal School of Miners that no mining should take place in the area under the Blackwater river—that was one of his recommendations—until such time as the river is diverted? Does the Minister know if his inspectorate accept that recommendation and whether they propose to act on it?
Comment on this
We are not analysing the reasons for the deaths. We are talking about recommendations from a recognised safety expert and I am asking the Minister if he accepts these recommendations.
