I propose to take Questions Nos. 181 and 195 together.
Enforcement action against breaches of the Air Pollution Act (Marketing, Sale, Distribution and Burning of Specified Fuels) Regulations 2012 is a matter for Local Authorities.
Local Authorities are themselves responsible for allocating the appropriate staffing resources and finances to ensure they can fulfil all their air quality enforcement obligations, and they do not report to my Department in this regard.
Similarly, my Department does not compile statistics in relation to number of complaints received, samples analysed, prosecutions taken or fines imposed. Local Authorities report to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annually regarding enforcement activities under environmental legislation.
Details of Local Authority enforcement of environmental legislation are available from the series of Local Authority Environmental Performance Assessment reports compiled by the Environmental Protection Agency and can be accessed at: www.epa.ie/our-services/compliance--enforcement/support-and-supervision-of-local-councils/la-performance/.