Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
10:50 am
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Mr. McCarthy referred to the issue of land remediation and illegal dumping in his opening statement. Obviously, this is something that I presume his Department has been very busy with over the past number of years and I think there is a potential liability of approximately €66 million. Will he bring us up to speed in terms of how many convictions have been secured in Ireland for illegal dumping? Does he believe we have sufficient law in regard to illegal dumping to deter the practice? What is the position of our relationship with the European Commission?
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