Mr. Mark Griffin:

The Deputy is probably aware that the company behind the landfill in Kerdiffstown was fined €20 million. That is still payable to the Courts Service but to date it has not been paid. There are prosecutions ongoing with regard to the two principals. In that case, legal proceedings are still in place with a view to the State securing as much of the fine as we are entitled to. Where there are illegal landfills, the Deputy can be assured the State is engaged or will engage in undertaking legal actions where that is required. What we are seeing is that the State has become better at this over the past few years. We have put in place what is known as the waste enforcement regional lead authority. There are three lead authorities in place, more or less aligned with the jurisdiction of the regional waste management planning process. We provide €7.4 million annually to fund a network of 120 enforcement officers. We are seeing the effect of that on the ground.