Written answers

Wednesday, 28 May 2008

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Litter Pollution

9:00 pm

Photo of Joe McHughJoe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of prosecutions for dog fouling on pavements, footpaths and beaches for the years 2002 to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21320/08]

Photo of John GormleyJohn Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Under the Litter Pollution Acts, 1997 to 2003, primary responsibility for developing and implementing responses to litter, including dog faeces, lies with local authorities.

Statistics on local authority enforcement action on litter in general, including the number of prosecutions taken, are submitted by local authorities to my Department every six months. Details of the nature of the offence to which individual prosecutions relate are not, however, collected by my Department.

The latest litter enforcement figures available relate to the period January — June 2007; these figures, along with those for the preceding five years, are available in the Oireachtas Library.

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