Dick Spring
Ceist:152 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for the Environment if he has received a request from Kerry County Council for funds to allow the council to develop a new land-fill site for the benefit of Tralee town and surrounding areas.
Written Answers. - Kerry Land-Fill Site.
As I have previously stated, the disposal of domestic wastes has always been the responsibility of local authorities and there are no proposals to change the position.
Grants of up to 50 per cent are available from my Department to local authorities towards the capital costs of providing co-disposal facilities, which would cater for industrial as well as domestic wastes. In the context of a preliminary inquiry regarding a proposed new land-fill for the Tralee/north Kerry area, Kerry county council have been advised of this position.