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McManus Slams Government Failure to Clean up WicklowThursday, May 17 2007The Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Candidate for Wicklow, Liz McManus is calling on the government to commit to the clean up of illegal dumps at Whitestown and Tinnapark, Co. Wicklow.
"I have been shown an answer to a parliamentary question to the European Commission tabled by Proinsias de Rossa MEP. The question refers to a visit by Commission officials last September to the sites of illegal dumps in Wicklow as part of its follow-up on the European Court of Justice's ruling of April 2005 about Ireland's non-compliance with the Waste Framework Directive, " said Liz McManus. "As of September 2006 the sites at Whitestown and Tinnapark had remaining issues with regard to the unauthorised disposal of waste. The delays and failure to clean up the sites in question, because Ireland has already lost a case to in the European Court of Justice, could result in substantial daily fines against Ireland, amounting to tens of thousands of euros per day. This failure to clean up these sites is a disgrace, particularly as Co. Wicklow is home to the current Minister for the Environment.
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