Liz O'Donnell
Question:57 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for the Environment the amount of moneys collected in fines under the Litter Act on a local authority basis in each local authority area in 1994. [13527/95]
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57 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for the Environment the amount of moneys collected in fines under the Litter Act on a local authority basis in each local authority area in 1994. [13527/95]
79 Mr. E. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment if statistics relating to prosecutions under the litter laws are available; if so, if he will provide the figures for the last two years in tabular form; and, if not, the plans, if any, his Department has to collate such figures. [12567/95]
91 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for the Environment the amount of moneys collected in fines under the Litter Act on a local authority basis in each local authority area in 1994. [13530/95]
propose to take Questions Nos. 57, 79 and 91 together. Amounts collected in "On the Spot" fines in 1994 under the Litter Act, 1992 by local authorities were negligible except in the following cases: South Dublin County Council, £2,575; Galway Corporation, £1,700; Dublin Corporation, £1,325; Fingal County Council, £1,150.
Fines imposed by the courts as a result of prosecutions under the Litter Act 1982 do not accrue to local authorities.
Details of the numbers of prosecutions initiated in 1993 and 1994 under the Litter Act are set out in the following tabular statement:
Number of prosecutions initiated by local authorities under the Litter Act, 1982.
Authority |
Prosecutions |
|
Co. Councils |
1994 |
1993 |
Carlow |
Nil |
Nil |
Cavan |
Nil |
2 |
Clare |
Nil |
Nil |
Cork |
Nil |
Nil |
Donegal |
Nil |
1 |
Dublin |
61 |
56 |
Galway |
Nil |
1 |
Kerry |
1 |
3 |
Kildare |
Nil |
Nil |
Kilkenny |
1 |
1 |
Laois |
Nil |
Nil |
Leitrim |
1 |
3 |
Limerick |
1 |
Nil |
Longford |
1 |
1 |
Louth |
Nil |
Nil |
Mayo |
Nil |
2 |
Meath |
Nil |
Nil |
Monaghan |
3 |
1 |
Offaly |
Nil |
Nil |
Roscommon |
Nil |
Nil |
Sligo |
Nil |
Nil |
Tipperary (NR) |
Nil |
Nil |
Tipperary (SR) |
Nil |
2 |
Waterford |
3 |
3 |
Westmeath |
Nil |
2 |
Wexford |
12 |
7 |
Wicklow |
Nil |
Nil |
County Boroughs |
||
Cork |
1 |
Nil |
Dublin |
82 |
50 |
Galway |
Nil |
Nil |
Limerick |
5 |
17 |
Waterford |
Nil |
19 |
Borough Corporations |
1994 |
1993 |
Clonmel |
Nil |
Nil |
Drogheda |
Nil |
Nil |
Sligo |
Nil |
Nil |
Wexford |
Nil |
Nil |
Kilkenny |
Nil |
Nil |
Urban District Councils |
||
Arklow |
Nil |
Nil |
Athlone |
Nil |
Nil |
Athy |
Nil |
Nil |
Ballina |
Nil |
Nil |
Ballinasloe |
Nil |
Nil |
Birr |
Nil |
Nil |
Bray |
Nil |
Nil |
Buncrana |
Nil |
Nil |
Bundoran |
Nil |
Nil |
Carlow |
1 |
Nil |
Carrickmacross |
Nil |
Nil |
Carrick-on-Suir |
Nil |
Nil |
Cashel |
3 |
6 |
Castlebar |
N/A |
Nil |
Castleblayney |
Nil |
Nil |
Cavan |
Nil |
Nil |
Ceanannus Mor (Kells) |
Nil |
Nil |
Clonakilty |
Nil |
Nil |
Clones |
Nil |
Nil |
Cobh |
Nil |
Nil |
Dundalk |
Nil |
Nil |
Dungarvan |
Nil |
Nil |
Ennis |
5 |
7 |
Enniscorthy |
Nil |
Nil |
Fermoy |
1 |
Nil |
Killarney |
1 |
Nil |
Kilrush |
Nil |
1 |
Kinsale |
Nil |
Nil |
Letterkenny |
Nil |
Nil |
Listowel |
Nil |
Nil |
Longford |
Nil |
Nil |
Macroom |
1 |
Nil |
Mallow |
Nil |
Nil |
Midleton |
Nil |
Nil |
Monaghan |
1 |
1 |
Naas |
Nil |
Nil |
Navan |
Nil |
Nil |
Nenagh |
Nil |
Nil |
New Ross |
Nil |
Nil |
Skibbereen |
Nil |
Nil |
Templemore |
Nil |
Nil |
Thurles |
Nil |
Nil |
Tipperary |
Nil |
Nil |
Tralee |
Nil |
1 |
Trim |
Nil |
Nil |
Tullamore |
Nil |
Nil |
Westport |
Nil |
Nil |
Wicklow |
Nil |
Nil |
Youghal |
Nil |
Nil |