Sargent claims Government let Roadstone off the hook

Green Party TD Trevor Sargent has accused the Government of allowing Cement Roadstone to escape prosecution; by letting it clean up a site in Blessington that contains 300,000 tonnes of illegally dumped waste.

The Green Party leader asked the Dail on Wednesday (May 26) how a company such as Roadstone, “found with perhaps 300,000 tonnes of waste illegally dumped on its land” could claim no knowledge of it and escape prosecution for the crime, whoever carried it out.”

Sargent described as “bizarre” the fact that the dump will be made legal under section 55 of the Waste Management Act, without a need for planning permission.
He called on Environment Minister Dick Roche not to allow a section 55 ruling in this case.