Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 878: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action which can be taken by neighbours who live beside a house where the owner has allowed rubbish to accumulate while waiting to apply for planning permission to build another house on part of the garden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10516/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Waste Management Acts 1996 to 2005 place a general duty of care on any holder of waste not to hold, transport, recover or dispose of waste in a manner that causes or is likely to cause environmental pollution. Under section 59 of the Waste Management Act 1996, each local authority is responsible for the supervising, and enforcing the relevant provisions of the Acts in relation to the holding, recovery, and disposal of waste within its functional area. Local authorities have specific powers under the Acts to require measures to be taken to prevent or limit environmental pollution caused by the holding or disposal of waste, and to mitigate or remedy the effects on the environment of any such activity.