362 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, due to apparent over-capacity in Fingal’s waste disposal system and in advance of the Portrane WTTP coming on stream, Fingal County Council is transporting leachate from the Balleally landfill in North Dublin on a regular basis to discharge into the foul sewer adjacent to the Phoenix Park train station in Dublin 15; the safety precautions that are being taken to protect local residents, flora and fauna; if batch testing is being carried out on discharged leachate; if radioactive isotopes, asbestos fibres, dioxins, bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions, mercury, chromium, lead, cadmium, chlorides, cyanides, ammonia, phenols or xylene have been screened for or found, and their concentrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13699/10]

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362 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, due to apparent over-capacity in Fingal’s waste disposal system and in advance of the Portrane WTTP coming on stream, Fingal County Council is transporting leachate from the Balleally landfill in North Dublin on a regular basis to discharge into the foul sewer adjacent to the Phoenix Park train station in Dublin 15; the safety precautions that are being taken to protect local residents, flora and fauna; if batch testing is being carried out on discharged leachate; if radioactive isotopes, asbestos fibres, dioxins, bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions, mercury, chromium, lead, cadmium, chlorides, cyanides, ammonia, phenols or xylene have been screened for or found, and their concentrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13699/10]

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