66. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding made available to local authorities to tackle illegal dumping, including prevention and clean-up) in the years 2009 – 2025; how much has been drawn down in each of the years 2020 - 2025 to date broken down by local authority in tabular form. [28241/25]
Topics / Illegal Dumping
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsIllegal Dumping
34 questions from 18 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 7 September 2026.
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243. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of local authorities who have used CCTV or similar technology in the detection and or prosecution of illegal dumping since the introduction of the circular economy bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25693/25]
244. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount spent by each local authority on cleaning up illegal dumping over the past three years; the amount spent for each of those three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25694/25]
245. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount spent by each local authority on the purchase, rent or hire, of CCTV or similar technology to combat, detect and or prosecute illegal dumping over the past three years; the amount spent for each of those three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25695/25]
53. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the levels of illegal dumping throughout Dublin; the plans the Government has to address this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17742/25]
255. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to both Kilkenny County Council and Carlow County Council for the collection and management of illegal dumping in each year from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15303/25]
205. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to each of the four Dublin local authorities for the collection and management of illegal dumping each year from 2022 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14121/25]
82. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether provisions under the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 that allow for the use of CCTV to prosecute individuals engaged in illegal dumping have been implemented, so local authorities can now do so. [46896/24]
99. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the progress under Part 3 of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 with regard to the rollout of CCTV and other technologies for the purposes of preventing illegal dumping; the number of local authorities that have now adopted the relevant codes in line with this Act and where the provisions of …