Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 March 2023
175. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason for the delay in bringing forward secondary legislation to facilitate CCTV cameras to counter illegal dumping as provided for under the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022. [14548/23]
View answerThere is no delay to introduction of the necessary legislation.
Sections 22 and 33 of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 require that the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) prepare and submit draft codes of practice to the Minister for Environment, Climate & Communications for approval, for the purposes of setting standards for the operations of CCTV and other mobile recording devices in order to deter environmental pollution and to facilitate the prevention, detection and prosecution of both littering and illegal dumping offences.
The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) are currently working on the preparation of these codes of practice. Once approved, local authorities will then be in a position to initiate litter and waste enforcement measures involving the GDPR compliant use of technologies such as CCTV.
