Funding ringfenced to tackle illegal dumping during COVID-19
- Foilsithe: 22 Aibreán 2020
- An t-eolas is déanaí: 3 Iúil 2020
The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Richard Bruton today (Wednesday 22 April) announced that €1 million of funds from the Anti Dumping Initiative will be ringfenced to support efforts to tackle a reported increase in illegal dumping during the current COVID-19 crisis.
Waste removal and the installation of CCTV or other monitoring and surveillance equipment will be among the activities supported.
Minister Bruton said:
"I am extremely concerned with reports of an increase in illegal dumping during the COVID-19 crisis. By providing local authorities with advance funding we will ensure they can respond quickly and decisively. Illegal dumping is committed by a minority but is a scourge on local communities."
Since the introduction of the Anti-Dumping Initiative in 2017, funding of €6.3 million has been provided which has supported over 700 projects across all 31 local authorities and removed 10,000 tonnes of illegally dumped waste. This is in addition to the €7.4 million annual enforcement grant, which supports the recruitment and retention of 150 local authority waste enforcement personnel across the country.
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