Comments on: Two Burning Issues in West Cork - a fiery Green Party rant? http://quentingargan.com/2007/04/12/two-burning-issues-in-west-cork-a-fiery-green-party-rant/ Green Party candidate for Cork South-West Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:04:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: This is poisoning my son http://quentingargan.com/2007/04/12/two-burning-issues-in-west-cork-a-fiery-green-party-rant/#comment-73 This is poisoning my son Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:36:11 +0000 http://quentingargan.com/2007/04/12/two-burning-issues-in-west-cork-a-fiery-green-party-rant/#comment-73 <p>[...] households. Blarney is an urban area however with a regular waste collection. Quentin Gargan has a blog post on this and gorse burning. Here’s the Irish Examiner article he mentioned. A note from Cork [...]</p> [...] households. Blarney is an urban area however with a regular waste collection. Quentin Gargan has a blog post on this and gorse burning. Here’s the Irish Examiner article he mentioned. A note from Cork [...]

]]> By: Quentin http://quentingargan.com/2007/04/12/two-burning-issues-in-west-cork-a-fiery-green-party-rant/#comment-8 Quentin Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:28:22 +0000 http://quentingargan.com/2007/04/12/two-burning-issues-in-west-cork-a-fiery-green-party-rant/#comment-8 <p>Enforcement in relation to burning rubbish and gorse are both difficult. First, few people like to report their neighbours, and how else would rubbish burning get reported. In relation to gorse, the police do investigate, but it is hard to prove that the land was set on fire by its owner, if they point blank deny it.</p> <p>I'm afraid both are going to depend on education more than enforcement. For example in rural areas, 57% of farmers burn rubbish. Imagine if 57% of the population were burglers. That would be an interesting challenge for the police! Or perhaps nearer the mark, imagine if 57% of food manufacturers were stirring carcinogenic additives into their foods. How would the health authorities police that? Now come to think of it, maybe thats a bit too close to the mark for comfort!</p> Enforcement in relation to burning rubbish and gorse are both difficult. First, few people like to report their neighbours, and how else would rubbish burning get reported. In relation to gorse, the police do investigate, but it is hard to prove that the land was set on fire by its owner, if they point blank deny it.

I’m afraid both are going to depend on education more than enforcement. For example in rural areas, 57% of farmers burn rubbish. Imagine if 57% of the population were burglers. That would be an interesting challenge for the police! Or perhaps nearer the mark, imagine if 57% of food manufacturers were stirring carcinogenic additives into their foods. How would the health authorities police that? Now come to think of it, maybe thats a bit too close to the mark for comfort!

]]> By: Anthony Creswell http://quentingargan.com/2007/04/12/two-burning-issues-in-west-cork-a-fiery-green-party-rant/#comment-6 Anthony Creswell Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:36:16 +0000 http://quentingargan.com/2007/04/12/two-burning-issues-in-west-cork-a-fiery-green-party-rant/#comment-6 <p>One of our problems, Quentin, is that we are very good at making laws, and many of them good laws, but utterly hopeless at enforcing them!</p> One of our problems, Quentin, is that we are very good at making laws, and many of them good laws, but utterly hopeless at enforcing them!

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