Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I know the Minister is anxious to progress the legislation, resolve this issue, give capacity to local authorities to use the latest technologies, with respect to the right to privacy, to deal with illegal dumping, and use the full range of anti-dumping measures available to the Government. Working with community organisations across the country, additional funding was allocated through the anti-dumping initiative. That was a further €3 million, which will facilitate approximately 300 projects across the country involving local authorities and community groups. Further funding of €1 million per annum was provided to support the activities of the waste enforcement regional lead authorities and €7.4 million per annum to the network of 150 local authority waste enforcement officers. The fundamental issue around the data protection issue and CCTV utilisation needs to be resolved.

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