Deputy Seán Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to outline the latest information available to his Department on the threat to health and safety posed by the estimated 500,000 tonnes of hazardous material, containing chromium 6 and other toxins still on the site at the former Irish Steel site at Haulbowline, County Cork; the reason the removal of the material was stopped by his Department and the contractor instructed to cap the materials; the steps that are now planned to remove this material to ensure that any risk to the health and safety of residents is removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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Deputy Seán Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to outline the latest information available to his Department on the threat to health and safety posed by the estimated 500,000 tonnes of hazardous material, containing chromium 6 and other toxins still on the site at the former Irish Steel site at Haulbowline, County Cork; the reason the removal of the material was stopped by his Department and the contractor instructed to cap the materials; the steps that are now planned to remove this material to ensure that any risk to the health and safety of residents is removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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