Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 23: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the financial provision made available to local authorities in 2010 to enable them to deal with the problem of graffiti; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15938/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Management and enforcement responses to litter problems, including graffiti, are a primary responsibility of each local authority to be met from their existing resources. However, to assist local authorities in this matter, my Department has allocated €1 million in 2010 under the anti-litter & graffiti awareness grant scheme to raise awareness of the damage caused by both litter and graffiti.