Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 February 2021
64. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered a national anti-illegal dumping campaign; and his views on whether the current measures to prevent illegal dumping are sufficient. [10268/21]
View answerThe Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy contains a range of additional actions designed to enhance waste enforcement, protect human health and the environment, provide a strong deterrent effect and bring about behavioural change. These include:
- an enhanced role for the WERLAs,
- an anti-dumping toolkit for local authorities,
- an illegal and unauthorised sites action plan to assist authorities,
- greater use of fixed penalty notices,
- the data-proofing of waste legislation to facilitate the use of available and emerging technologies in a manner which is GDPR-compliant and;.
- A new national communications and education programme, building on the work of the Waste Communications Strategy Group and Waste Advisory Group.
I launched the national anti-dumping awareness communications campaign, Your County, Your Waste in November 2020, as part of the 2020 anti-dumping initiative. It includes a tailored suite of information and awareness messaging for use by local authorities and community and volunteer groups.
