Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 30: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of fines issued for litter offences in 2005 and to date in 2006; the average fine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36636/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Statistics on local authority enforcement action, including the number of litter fines issued, are submitted by local authorities to my Department every six months; these figures are also available in the Oireachtas Library.

Based on information received from local authorities, the number of litter fines issued for the first six months of 2006 — the most recent information available — is 14,162. There were 26,614 litter fines issued in the twelve months ending 31 December 2005. The on-the-spot-fine for offences under the Litter Pollution Acts 1997 to 2003 was set at €125 from 1 January 2002.