The Green Party is calling for Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Alan Kelly, to outline why he is choosing to go down the Poolbeg incinerator route.

Green Party Leader, Eamon Ryan, said the Managers of the four Dublin authorities need to await government direction before signing any contract for the Poolbeg incinerator.

He said: "An international study into Irish waste policy, published in 2009, made it clear that the move towards the introduction of any national facilities, such as the new proposal for the Poolbeg incinerator, would require a change in the 2004 Waste Management act, which currently only authorises a regional approach.

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"The Dáil needs to debate and approve this project, if it is to have any democratic mandate. The vast majority of local councillors in Dublin have voted against the latest proposal. Minister Kelly needs to outline why we are going down this incineration route, when the Labour Party position has been to promote waste reduction and recycling. The Minister also needs to outline what the potential financial risks are for every householder in the country, as they're the ones who are going to have to pay back the €500 million the developers are spending on this project."

(CD/MH)