Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions in place to ensure that all public toilets are in working order and well maintained; and if there are any proposals to increase the number of public toilet facilities. [28038/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Section 67 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that a local authority may take such measures, engage in such activities or do such things (including the incurring of expenditure) as it considers necessary or desirable to promote the interests of the local community in relation to matters, including inter alia, the public use of amenities such as sanitary accommodation.

It is a matter for each local authority to determine the extent to which these facilities should be provided and to allocate resources accordingly.