Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 610: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that each local authority publishes an annual audit of its environmental performance. [17957/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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A system of local authority service indicators was developed and introduced as part of the local government modernisation programme. These service indicators addressed such matters as provision of segregated waste collection, recycling, litter pollution, environmental complaints and enforcement, and compliance with drinking water standards.

Revised service indicators have come into effect in the current year having regard to the recommendations of a review group established under the aegis of my Department. As environmental audits are closely aligned with service indicators of an environmental kind, I propose to consider further the commitment in the Programme for Government in light of the experience with, and reporting upon, the new indicators.