Membership of the Dublin smog working party
The Minister said the working party includes representatives from relevant departments and state bodies, but individual officials would not be named. She said no solid-fuel companies, including Bord na Móna, were appointed and that no members would be added now that its work was under way.
asked the Minister for the Environment the names of those to be appointed to the committee established to consider the problem of smog in Dublin.
Comment on this
The working party on policy for fuels in Dublin includes representatives from the Departments of Energy, the Environment and Finance and from Bord Gáis Éireann, the ESB and Eolas. It is not appropriate to name the individual public officials who have been appointed to serve on the working party.
Comment on this
Will the Minister explain why there is no representative of Bord na Móna on this working party? Does the Minister consider it appropriate that such a representative be appointed to it?
Comment on this
I did. The Government decided on the people to be appointed to this committee. The purpose of this committee is to look at the feasibility of extending the gas mains and to take steps to maximise the domestic use of natural gas and the electricity option in the Dublin area. The Government did not appoint a representative from any of the solid fuel companies, including Bord na Móna. As the work of this committee is well under way it would not be appropriate to appoint additional members.