PQ 964
964. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps his Department is taking to address the excessive use of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), otherwise known as ‘forever chemicals’; if his Department will produce a national PFAS strategy and increase funding for PFAS research and national testing capacity to better understand the associated health risks; if he will enforce a polluter pays liability framework so that reckless PFAS polluters are held responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73957/25]
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964. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps his Department is taking to address the excessive use of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), otherwise known as ‘forever chemicals’; if his Department will produce a national PFAS strategy and increase funding for PFAS research and national testing capacity to better understand the associated health risks; if he will enforce a polluter pays liability framework so that reckless PFAS polluters are held responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73957/25]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-01-13/964/
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