Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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1305. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of bring bank centres each local authority supports, by county, in tabular form; and the government provided supports for these essential facilities. [1592/18]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I understand that between 2000 and 2015, a total of approximately €210 million was provided to Local Authorities for the building and operation of bottle banks and civic amenity sites. With declining resources in the Environment Fund to provide subventions to Local Authorities and conclusion of the EU-supported capital schemes, my Department’s support for local reuse and recycling has become more strategic in focus. In addition to funding the establishment and operation of the three regional waste management planning offices to drive reuse and recycling in our communities at a cost of some €300,000 each year, I am also providing funding in 2018 towards the refurbishment of Local Authority bottle banks and bring centres. This is a joint initiative of the regional waste management planning offices and Repak. The following table provides a breakdown of Local Authority supported civic amenity sites by county.