Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 569: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of the €3 million promised to the graffiti removal operation launched in June 2006 that was actually spent before it was decided by his Department to wind it up. [25461/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, primary responsibility for the removal and cleaning of graffiti rest with Local Authorities under the Litter Pollution Act, 1997. This Department in association with the Departments of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has over the past year been operating a pilot Graffiti Removal scheme, in — Bray Town, Dublin City and Galway City. This scheme supplements the local authorities in their efforts to combat graffiti.

Far from being wound up, the scheme is being restructured in line with the evaluation of the scheme which was carried out by the Institute of criminology, UCD. The overall total spent by the Department on the scheme since it began is approximately €1,421,000.