Incinerator completion ‘can recoup €96m spend’

There is a good prospect of the four Dublin local authorities recouping €96.3m spent on plans to build a waste incinerator at Poolbeg if the project is completed, Dublin city manager Owen Keegan has said.

However, he added he was uncertain if the €600m facility would ever be built. If not, the bulk of the costs to date would not be recovered, the Oireachtas environment committee heard yesterday.

Mr Keegan — who only recently took up the role of Dublin city manager as successor to John Tierney, who now heads Irish Water — said he was concerned about the progress of the project. He expressed his determination to bring it to a resolution and to minimise costs.