Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 March 2004
565 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislation or regulations concerning the controlled and uncontrolled burning of domestic or builders waste; and the measures he intends to introduce to control the same. [8860/04]
View answerThe Waste Management Acts 1996 to 2003 place a general duty of care on holders of waste to ensure that the waste they hold is disposed of in a manner which does not cause environmental pollution. In addition, under the Air Pollution Act 1987, the occupier of a premises is prohibiting from causing or permitting an emission in such a quantity or manner as to be a nuisance. The enforcement of waste and air pollution legislation is primarily a matter for the relevant local authority, and my Department has no direct function in the matter. However, as part of the race against waste campaign, I am considering ways in which better awareness about the issues surrounding the uncontrolled burning of waste can be created.
