Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
757. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the record of dumping at sea activities that have been carried out to date in relation to the recommended permit (details supplied). [41403/22]
View answerThe Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Act 2009 amended the Dumping at Sea Acts 1996 to 2006, so that certain functions relating to dumping at sea transferred from the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, who was then responsible for Dumping at Sea legislation, to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Since 2010, it is the function of the EPA to issue Dumping at Sea permits. The EPA exercises an independent statutory function in this regard and I have no role in the day to day administration of this system.
