COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Monday, April 20, 2009

MOTION NO. 20

MOTION: Councillor R. Dowds

Chapter 7 - Infrastructure

That South Dublin County Council, in conforming to the Dublin Waste Management Plan, which calls for an incinerator at Poolbeg, ensures that no public waste incinerator is built within our County.

REPORT:

The waste management plan for the Dublin Region is the considered common regional strategy for the four Dublin local authorities in dealing with their waste in an ordered, coherent and sustainable fashion. South Dublin County Council has co-operated with and participated in the preparation of the Dublin waste management plan for the collection, treatment, handling and disposal of wastes.

The South Dublin County Development Plan is subsidiary with regard to policies concerning waste in this County. The Dublin waste management plan sets out specific and detailed policies  and the Development Plan supports these in accordance with Section 10 (2) (b) of the Planning and Development Act 2000.

The importance of a common integrated approach to dealing with Dublin’s waste was highlighted in the recent An Bord Pleannála decision to refuse permission for a waste to energy facility at Behan’s Quarry Rathcoole. In this decision a fundamental determinant was the objectives of the regional waste management strategy.

This motion, if passed, would create a situation that would be contrary to the provisions of the waste management strategy. It is the waste management strategy that formulates and directs waste management policy and infrastructure in the Dublin

Recommendation

That this motion not be passed.