Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 July 2015
849. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of prosecutions under the Litter Pollution Acts that have been conducted in County Mayo, in each of the past five years to date; the outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28392/15]
View answerThe Litter Pollution Acts 1997 to 2009 provide the statutory framework to combat littering. Under the Acts, the primary responsibility for litter management and enforcement rests with the local authorities. It is a matter for each local authority to determine the most appropriate course of action to tackle litter pollution locally within the legislation provided, including the most appropriate public awareness, enforcement and clean-up actions in relation to litter, taking account of its own local circumstances and priorities.
While my Department does not collate statistics on the number of prosecutions taken by individual local authorities in relation to offences committed under the Litter Pollution Acts, this data is available under the Local Authority Service Indicators Report. Included in this data (covered under Tables 19 to 21 of the Report) is the number of fines issued generally along with the number of prosecutions and convictions under the Litter Pollution Acts.
The 2013 local authority service indicators report (containing the latest available data), together with previous years’ reports, are available at the following link: http://www.lgma.ie/en/serviceindicators/2004to2013.
