Mr. Michael McGarvey:

The additional resources sought and secured in Donegal are very welcome, as the chief executive has just said. On the establishment of WERLAs, there is a problem. It is being addressed and this year is a very useful framework to work within. However, we work and report to the national waste enforcement steering committee. Deputy Dooley asked who actually led on that because sometimes one can fall between stools. It is co-ordinated and led by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. We meet on a quarterly basis. We have established national priorities including a multi-agency approach. At our last meeting, which took place in March this year, it was agreed with the other agencies here to seek feedback from the regions as to how we might tighten and streamline the legislation. The multi-agency approach has been a very successful tool. We accept totally that there are problems but we believe it is the way forward. I refer back to when we had problems with road safety and how we talked about compliance. That is the point we will reach. It will not just be a question of enforcement, rather we will have compliance. I am convinced the multi-agency approach is the way forward in that regard.