asked the Minister for the Environment whether he will recommend that a public inquiry should be held into the circumstances which led to the death of a local child in an unfinished development in Tallaght, County Dublin.

I understand that the circumstances surrounding this tragic incident which occurred on the site of works being carried out by contract for Dublin County Council are the subject of inquiries by the Dublin County Council and by the Garda. At this stage I do not consider that any further separate inquiry would serve a useful purpose.