Source : Limerick Leader
WILLIE O’Dea is to bid to bring legislation holding the Environmental Protection Agency to more account, back to the table.
In the last Dail, the Fianna Fail TD bid to have a section of the act which gave life to the environmental regulator, removed, because, as it stands, it is not liable for civil actions.
The move came following calls from Limerick Against Pollution (LAP), which was set up in opposition to Irish Cement’s €10m plan for Mungret – something which was last month subject to a five-day EPA inquiry.
A ruling from the body is expected by Easter.
“No-one can ever take a civil action against the EPA for a decision they ever made. That's quite unique in Ireland. You don't have this with the Road Safety Authority or various other organisations, or public State bodies. It gives them too much licence, in my view,” Mr O’Dea said.
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