Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 May 2021
151. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of degraded landfill sites by county in tabular form; the way in which applications were received by his Department from each of the four Dublin local authorities under the remediation of environmentally degraded landfill sites; the applications that were granted; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23067/21]
View answerUnder the Waste Management Act, 1996 (amended) a statutory obligation is placed on local authorities to identify and risk-assess sites at which waste disposal activities were historically carried out in their respective areas and which may now present an environmental threat. A list of these sites was attached to the Regional Waste Management Plans 2015-2021 and is available on my Department's website at: https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/fde64-regional-waste-management-plans. Work is underway to renew the plans, with the proposed single ‘National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy’ due for publication in 2022. This will provide a current picture of the status of all identified sites and will set out a roadmap for future delivery of the landfill remediation grant programme which was originally established in 2006. Funding allocations under the programme are managed through a National Landfill Remediation Steering Group comprised of representatives from the Local Authorities and chaired by my Department. To date a total of €158m has been paid through the programme.For 2021, I have approved funding in the amount of €3.6m for a total of 11 sites across Dublin City, Fingal, Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown and South Dublin Councils. Details are provided in the table below.
Table of 2021 landfill remediation grant funding allocations for Dublin City, Fingal, Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown and South Dublin Councils
|
Local Authority |
Site |
Total Allocation 2021 € |
|
Dublin City Council |
Irishtown |
55,000 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
Woodbrook |
2,020,00 |
|
Fingal County Council |
Barnageeragh |
69,685 |
|
Fingal County Council |
Brooks End |
381,800 |
|
Fingal County Council |
Burrow Road, Sutton |
12,100 |
|
Fingal County Council |
St Doolagh's Quarries, Kinsealy |
12,100 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
Bohernabreena |
895,522 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
Corbally Saggart (Paul Joyce) |
59,744 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
Clondalkin Papermill |
9,268 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
Lucan Demesne |
99,725 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
Friarstown |
36,519 |
|
Total |
11 sites |
€3,651,463 |
