Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a legal impediment exists preventing local authorities from publishing the names of those persons successfully detected of illegal dumping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10809/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Data Protection Commissioner has indicated to my Department that actions taken by local authorities in publishing the names and addresses of those persons fined or convicted as a result of littering or illegal dumping, whether by way of publication on local authority websites or by notices published in the local press which are paid for by the local authority, would be in breach of the principles of data protection. These principles are set down in the Data Protection Act 1988 as amended by the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003, and in particular, by Section 2A of that Act.

Data Protection legislation is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality.