Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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421. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of quarries here; and the number that are in use by county. [29093/18]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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The Waste Management (Management of Waste from the Extractive Industries) Regulations 2009 requires each local authority to establish and maintain a register of all extractive industries within its functional area, including the working of quarries. Under Regulation 19(1) each local authority are obliged to:

Establish and maintain a register of all extractive industries within its functional area including-:

- the extraction, treatment and storage of mineral resources,

- the working of quarries, and

- the extraction, treatment and storage of peat.

Regulation 19(2) requires the EPA to maintain the register on behalf of the local authorities and to prescribe the form and manner in which such information shall be entered and maintained. 

The Extractive Industries Register allows for the requirements under the Regulations 19 to be met and can be accessed at the following link: