Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 20 Nov 1996

Vol. 471 No. 7

Written Answers. - Waste Disposal.

Noel Treacy

Ceist:

224 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for the Environment the annual cost to each local authority for the provision of a public refuse collection in their functional areas for each of the years 1980, 1990, 1995 and to date in 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22009/96]

Noel Treacy

Ceist:

226 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for the Environment the annual maintenance costs for each local authority for all their land fill/refuse/tipheads/dump sites; the amount in each local authority functional area in respect of both the individual costs of the maintenance of each site and the gross costs for each local authority in respect of each of the years 1980, 1990 and to date in 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22038/96]

Minister for the Environment (Mr. Howlin)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 224 and 226 together.

While general information on waste disposal is set out in the local taxation returns for each of the years 1980 to 1994 and in the local authority Estimates for the years up to 1996, the detailed information sought in the questions is not routinely compiled by my Department. Some such information was specially compiled for the purposes of Table 2.7 of the ESRI reportThe Economics of Solid Waste Management in Ireland (Paper No. 26, page 27); a copy of this report is available in the Oireachtas Library. I am arranging for the date on which this aggregate table was based to be sent to the Deputy.

Noel Treacy

Ceist:

225 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for the Environment if he will give figures in respect of each of the years 1980, 1990, 1995 and to date in 1996 for the number of persons in each local authority area who avail of a public refuse collection service; the number who pay for such a service; the gross income from these services in each local authority area; the net income for each local authority area; the cost of waivers in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22013/96]

Minister for the Environment (Mr. Howlin)

Comprehensive information on solid waste management is contained in the report The Economics of Solid Waste Management in Ireland which was published by the Economic and Social Research Institute in November 1995 and in the National Waste Database for 1995 published by the Environmental Protection Agency. Both reports are available in the Oireachtas Library.

The Environmental Protection Agency report estimates that 86 per cent of the population is provided with a domestic refuse collection service, public or private. The ESRI report indicates that some 60 per cent of households pay a charge for their refuse collection services.

The power to levy charges for services was introduced in the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (No. 2) Act, 1983 and, consequently, there is no data available in respect of 1980. Information relating to 1995 and 1996 is not yet available.

Information supplied to my Department by local authorities in respect of domestic refuse charges in 1990 is set out in the following table.

Domestic Refuse Charges 1990

	Value of Waivers	Total Collected
	£	£
County Councils
Carlow	14,540	5,510
Cavan	25,595	51,001
Clare	16,000	194,876
Cork	104,349	786,014
Donegal	54,909	186,631
Dublin	N/C	N/C
Galway	N/R	44,600
Kerry	N/R	99,955
Kildare	149,198	626,711
Kilkenny	N/R	89,400
Laois	17,550 (1)	N/C
Leitrim	24,634	134,359
Limerick	55,400	41,500
Longford	N/C	N/C
Louth	N/R	10,818
Mayo	N/R	103,750
Meath	390,143 (1)	150,388 (1)
Monaghan	2,430	11,792
Offaly	N/C	N/C
Roscommon	18,000	76,592
Sligo	97,990	129,021
Tipperary N.R.	26,392 (1)	387 (1)
Tipperary S.R.	12,850	119,000
Waterford	N/R	36,910
Westmeath	29,874	114,110
Wexford	N/R	91,000
Wicklow	60,012	392,392
County Borough Corporations
Cork	N/A	N/A (2)
Dublin	N/C	N/C
Galway	N/C	N/C
Limerick	N/A	N/A (2)
Waterford	N/C	N/C
Borough Corporations and U.D.C's
Arklow	14,013	56,043
Athlone	5,231	47,249
Athy	20,000	37,807
Ballina	5,000	21,000
Ballinasloe	N/C	N/C
Birr	N/C	N/C
Bray	N/C	N/C
Buncrana	N/C	N/C
Bundoran	N/A	17,127
Carlow	40,000	74,000
Carrickmacross	N/C	N/C
Carrick-on-Suir	3,500	32,933
Cashel	2,680	11,959
Castlebar	24,516	41,998
Castleblayney	N/C	N/C
Cavan	9,943	13,655
Ceanannus Mor	Privatised	Privatised
Clonakilty	7,330	23,002
Clones	N/C	N/C
Clonmel	N/C	N/C
Cobh	26,957	64,292
Drogheda	N/C	N/C
Dundalk	N/C	N/C
Dungarvan	N/C	N/C
Dún Laoghaire	N/C	N/C
Ennis	N/C	N/C
Enniscorthy	N/C	N/C
Fermoy	N/C	N/C
Kilkenny	N/C	N/C
Killarney	2,277	22,969
Kilrush	N/C	N/C
Kinsale	2,720	17,525
Letterkenny	20,261	68,733
Listowel	3,050	8,860
Longford	N/C	N/C
Macroon	3,247	17,288
Mallow	11,500	47,979
Midleton	14,242	18,150
Monaghan	N/C	N/C
Naas	37,592	135,619
Navan	2,533 (1)	3,701 (1)
Nenagh	N/C	N/C
New Ross	N/C	N/C
Skibbereen	6,810	16,673
Sligo	14,540	86,327
Templemore	N/C	N/C
Thurles	N/C	N/C
Tipperary	12,202	27,241
Tralee	N/C	N/C
Trim	4,236 (1)	3,515 (1)
Tullamore	N/C	N/C
Westport	4,776	21,312
Wexford	N/C	N/C
Wicklow	12,200	66,413
Youghal	11,614	26,783

N/C = No Charge.

N/R = Tag System in operation, waiver scheme does not apply.

N/A = Not Available.

(1) Figures relate to arrears only, no charge in 1990 or service is privatised.

(2) Income from refuse included with income from water.