Since the inception of the plastic bag levy, receipts remitted to my Department by the Revenue Commissioners amount to €69.7 million. Amounts raised by the plastic bag levy in respect of each year since its commencement are set out in the table.
Year
|
€m
|
2002
|
10.428
|
2003
|
12.883
|
2004
|
15.278
|
2005
|
17.485
|
2006 to Quarter ending 30 September
|
13.648
|
Total
|
69.722
|
A total of €194 million was spent to date from the Environment Fund on a wide range of activities, including in particular the following:
Waste Management Infrastructure and the subvention of Local Authority Recycling Operational Costs;
Environment Awareness, including the Race Against Waste campaign, and various litter initiatives;
the enhanced waste management enforcement initiatives currently being taken by local authorities and the Office of Environmental Enforcement (OEE);
the National Waste Prevention and Market Development Programmes;
Research & Development in the Environmental Protection Agency; and
contributions to International Environment Funds.
Copies of the Environment Fund's Annual Accounts up to and including 2005 are available in the Oireachtas library.