Environmental groups’ rehabilitation costs
After procedural exchanges, Doyle asked whether the claim covered environmental groups’ coastline and seabird rehabilitation expenses. Daly said such groups were not included in the Government’s claim and would need to make private claims, for which assistance could be given.
In view of the fact that the Minister has pointed out he is satisfied that the amount of the claim will meet the cost of all the damages and of the expenses incurred, could he confirm that this would include the considerable expenses incurred by various environmental groups who carried out a great deal of rehabilitation work along the coastline, particularly with sea birds?