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‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Acid Rain Threat. Proposal for environmental protection agency
Summary
Allen proposed a central agency to coordinate pollution control; the Ceann Comhairle ruled the matter too far removed from the questions on the Order Paper.
The Minister has responsibility for our forests and this problem will have major implications if it remains unchecked. Will the Minister give his opinion regarding what I would call the disjointed effort at present undertaken by all Government Departments, agencies and local authorities? Would he favour a central environmental protection agency to deal with all aspects of pollution? It is obvious from his answer there is a whole range——
