Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 4 November 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Role and Functions: Environmental Protection Agency
3:25 pm
Mr. Dara Lynott:
I might add that we charge industries on an annual basis for enforcement effort. This charge on an annual basis is in the region of €7 million to €8 million, which represents an 80% payback of the time and expense spent in this regard. The €2 million we get from the environmental enforcement fund may be added to that, which brings it up to approximately €10 million. It would take a bit longer to get an exact figure right down to a task but in general, €7 million to €8 million is charged on enforcement charges for licence enforcement. In the past, we have estimated that approximately €2 million is spent on drinking water enforcement and we also get €2 million that is specifically funded from the environment fund on that. Approximately €10 million to €12 million goes to enforcement but getting an exact figure would require a bit more calculation.