Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of on-the-spot fines issued and the number of on-the-spot fines paid for litter offences in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22286/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Statistics on local authority enforcement action, including the number of litter fines issued and paid, are submitted by local authorities to my Department every six months; these figures are also available in the Oireachtas Library. The number of on-the-spot litter fines issued for the twelve months ended 31 December 2006 was 27,078. Of these 12,521 were paid.