Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking in the Dublin area to prevent fly-tipping; and if he will fund a pilot project to provide estates with skips to dispose of major items of waste in view of the fact that previous efforts along these lines operated prior to the rollout of pay per weight. [7285/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Enforcement of environmental legislation is a matter for local authorities and the Office of Environmental Enforcement. I understand that the office, through the enforcement network it has established, arranged a meeting of regional coordinators on 17 January 2006 to finalise the overall content of the work plans for enforcement activities for 2006, which include initiatives planned to deal with fly-tipping in each of the regions, including the Dublin region. The implementation of these measures or other local initiatives to address issues of litter or waste are essentially a matter for the local authority concerned. There are no proposals to fund a pilot project along the lines suggested by the Deputy. My Department understands that previous such schemes resulted in inappropriate use of the skips provided, including for disposal of commercial waste.