Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 14 May 1997

Vol. 479 No. 3

Written Answers. - Litter Pollution Act, 1997.

Peadar Clohessy

Ceist:

20 Mr. Clohessy asked the Minister for the Environment the consultation, if any, he has had with local authorities in respect of the enforcement of the recently enacted Litter Pollution Act 1997; the number of litter wardens currently employed in each local authority area; the new measures, if any, which local authorities have indicated they propose to take in respect of enforcement of this law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12885/97]

Desmond J. O'Malley

Ceist:

39 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for the Environment the consultation, if any, he has had with local authorities in respect of the enforcement of the recently enacted Litter Pollution Act 1997; the number of litter wardens currently employed in each local authority area; the new measures, if any, which local authorities have indicated they propose to take in respect of enforcement of this law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12877/97]

Minister for the Environment (Mr. Howlin)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 20 and 39 together.

Following the recent enactment of the Litter Pollution Act, 1997, my Department is preparing a series of measures to support implementation of the new legislative provisions by local authorities and the Garda. Regional briefing seminars are being arranged for local authority officials and comprehensive written guidelines are also being finalised with particular emphasis on enforcement provisions. I intend shortly to bring the Act into operation and to make regulations to support the operation of on-the-spot fines.

Information on the numbers of litter wardens employed by local authories is set out in a table which I propose to circulate in the Official Report. In summary, there were 21 full-time and 66 part-time litter wardens employed by local authorities in 1996.

Litter Wardens Employed by Local Authorities.

	Litter Wardens
	Full-time	Part-time
County Councils
Carlow	Nil	Nil
Cavan	Nil	Nil
Clare	Nil	1
Cork	Nil	Nil
Donegal	Nil	Nil
Dunlaoghaire/ Rathdown	2	Nil
Fingal	2	Nil
Galway	Nil	1
Kerry	Nil	1
Kildare	Nil	1
Kilkenny	Nil	Nil
Laois	1	Nil
Leitrim	Nil	1
Limerick	1	Nil
Longford	Nil	1
Louth	Nil	6
Mayo	Nil	Nil
Meath	Nil	Nil
Monaghan	Nil	Nil
Offaly	Nil	Nil
Roscommon	1	5
Sligo	Nil	1
South Dublin	2	Nil
Tipperary (NR)	Nil	1
Tipperary (SR)	Nil	1
Waterford	Nil	Nil
Westmeath	Nil	2
Wexford	Nil	6
Wicklow	Nil	Nil
Cork	1	Nil
Dublin	2	Nil
Galway	1	Nil
Limerick	Nil	4
Waterford	1	Nil
Borough Corporations
Clonmel	Nil	1
Drogheda	Nil	1
Sligo	Nil	2
Wexford	Nil	4
Kilkenny	Nil	Nil
Urban District Council
Arklow	Nil	1
Athlone	Nil	1
Athy	Nil	1
Ballina	Nil	Nil
Ballinasloe	Nil	1
Birr	Nil	Nil
Bray	1	Nil
Buncrana	Nil	Nil
Bundoran	Nil	Nil
Carlow	Nil	1
Carrickmacross	Nil	Nil
Carrick-on-Suir	Nil	Nil
Cashel	Nil	1
Castlebar	Nil	1
Castleblayney	Nil	Nil
Cavan	Nil	1
Ceanannus Mór (Kells)	Nil	Nil
Clonakilty	Nil	Nil
Clones	Nil	Nil
Cobh	Nil	1
Dundalk	Nil	1
Dungarvan	Nil	Nil
Ennis	Nil	3
Enniscorthy	Nil	Nil
Fermoy	Nil	Nil
Killarney	Nil	2
Kilrush	Nil	1
Kinsale	1	Nil
Letterkenny	Nil	Nil
Listowel	Nil	1
Longford	Nil	Nil
Macroom	Nil	1
Mallow	1	Nil
Midleton	Nil	Nil
Monaghan	Nil	1
Naas	Nil	2
Navan	Nil	1
Nenagh	Nil	1
New Ross	Nil	1
Skibbereen	Nil	1
Templemore	Nil	Nil
Thurles	Nil	1
Tipperary	Nil	1
Tralee	Nil	Nil
Trim	Nil	Nil
Tullamore	Nil	1
Westport	Nil	1
Wicklow	Nil	Nil
Youghal	Nil	1
Overall Total	21	66