The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa) said today that following a site inspection it carried out on November 14 and a comparison with photos taken on March 29, 2012 no further construction works had been carried out on a site in Zejtun belonging to Equal Opportunities Minister Helena Dalli and her husband.

The only works that were noted on site were the deposit of soil mounds and inert material near the pool area.

Following this it was concluded that the enforcement notice was not breached, as no further construction works took place since 2012.

Mepa was reacting to comments yesterday by Nationalist MP Ryan Callus who claimed that the Environment and Planning Commission broke the law when last week it heard the case regarding the application by Patrick Dalli to sanction illegalities at the Żejtun farmhouse.

Mepa said none of the members of the Environment and Planning Commission queried whether further illegal works had been carried out on site after the enforcement notice had been issued in 2012 for the simple reason that the above position had been communicated through a minute in the relative file by the Enforcement Directorate.

The Commission did not decide the case last week but deferred the public hearing and requested the applicant to submit more detailed information pertaining to the site. This information needs to be assessed by the Planning Directorate prior to a decision to be taken by the EPC.