Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 February 2022
111. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he plans to notify local authorities of the extension to the granting of permits to burn green waste on farms, given that Tipperary County Council is yet to receive this notice, in order to allow farmers to avail of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9046/22]
View answerStatutory Instrument No. 51 of 2022 -Waste Management (Prohibition of Waste Disposal by Burning) (Amendment) Regulations 2022- was published on 11th February. The Regulations extend the exemption to the prohibition on the burning of domestic waste and allows farmers, as a last resort, to dispose by burning of waste generated by agricultural practice. This is the fifth extension to the exemption and will run until 1 January 2023. Discussions will shortly commence between officials from my Department and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to come up with alternatives to this practice and I therefore anticipate that this will be the final extension of the exemption.
All Local Authorities were notified of the extension of the exemption by circular letter on 15th February.
