Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 November 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Role and Functions: Environmental Protection Agency

4:15 pm

Ms Laura Burke:

I will respond to the Senator's query on the proportion of monitoring carried out by private consultants, for example, in the area of waste electronic and electrical equipment, WEEE, and the battery side of things. To date in 2014, some 35 visits have been contracted out.