Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department measures the environmental and ecological damage caused by unauthorised quarries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4512/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Under the Minerals Development Acts 1940 to 1999, my Department is responsible for the regulation of mineral exploration and mining. The Department has no function in respect of the regulation of quarries which is a matter for each relevant local authority under planning legislation.

Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of prosecutions commenced against individuals or companies responsible for unauthorised quarries annually between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4513/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Under the Minerals Development Acts 1940 to 1999, my Department is responsible for the regulation of mineral exploration and mining. The Department has no function in respect of the regulation of quarries which is a matter for each relevant local authority under planning legislation.