Written answers

Wednesday, 25 January 2006

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Recycling Policy

8:00 pm

Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 1479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which the projected reduction in spending from the environment fund will affect, in percentage terms, waste management infrastructure and the subvention of local authority recycling operational costs, management infrastructure and the subvention of local authority recycling operational costs, bottom of form environment awareness including the race against waste campaign and various litter initiatives, enhanced waste management enforcement initiatives currently being taken by local authorities and the Office of Environmental Enforcement, national waste prevention and market development programmes, North-South matters, including the scheme for the management of waste, fridges and freezers, research and development in the Environmental Protection Agency, contributions to international environment funds, activities relating to air quality and climate change, environmental levy operational costs, miscellaneous, printing, publishing and so on, producer responsibility initiatives, activities relating to sustainable development and activities relating to water quality. [1444/06]

Photo of Dick RocheDick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As a stand-alone measure, the amount available in the environment fund at any one time will depend on the inflows of money from the landfill and plastic bag levies and the expenditure on the various programmes which the fund supports. In this regard, it should be noted that surpluses in the fund at end year are not remitted to the Exchequer.

By virtue of a carryover of funds to the current year, the Revised Estimates volume will provide for environment fund allocations for 2006 which exceed the expenditure outturn for 2005. It will be possible to indicate percentage changes in allocations for the individual programme areas when detailed allocations for 2006 are finalised shortly.

In addition to ongoing commitments from the environment fund, an additional €10 million is being made available from the Department's Vote to support the delivery of waste recycling and recovery infrastructure. I have recently made very significant medium-term grant commitments towards the provision of this infrastructure, and overall commitments to this area are increasing.

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