Written answers
Thursday, 25 April 2024
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Litter Pollution
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount granted to each local authority in respect of anti-littering, clean-up and recycling initiatives in the past five years to date, in tabular form. [18501/24]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department provides significant annual financial support to local authority efforts to tackle litter through the Anti-Litter & Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme. The table below shows the amounts allocated to local authorities from 2019 to 2023. Allocations for 2024 have been maintained at 2023 levels.
| Local Authority | 2019 Allocation | 2020 Allocation | 2021 Allocation | 2022 Allocation | 2023 Allocation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 16,600 | 16,600 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| Cavan | 16,600 | 16,606 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| Clare | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Cork County | 31,500 | 31,500 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| Donegal | 22,700 | 22,700 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown | 31,500 | 31,500 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Fingal | 31,500 | 31,500 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Galway County | 22,700 | 22,700 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Kerry | 22,700 | 22,700 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Kildare | 20,000 | 20,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Kilkenny | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Laois | 16,600 | 9,996 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| Leitrim | 14,000 | 14,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| Longford | 14,000 | 14,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| Louth | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Mayo | 20,000 | 20,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Meath | 22,700 | 22,700 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Monaghan | 16,600 | 16,600 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| Offaly | 16,600 | 16,600 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| Roscommon | 16,600 | 16,600 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| Sligo | 16,600 | 16,600 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| South Dublin | 31,500 | 31,500 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Tipperary County | 36,500 | 36,500 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Westmeath | 16,600 | 16,600 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| Wexford | 24,400 | 24,400 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Wicklow | 20,000 | 20,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Cork City | 31,400 | 31,360 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Dublin City | 63,000 | 52,257 | 55,000 | 55,000 | 55,000 |
| Galway City | 31,400 | 31,400 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Limerick City & County | 44,500 | 44,500 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Waterford City & County | 42,700 | 33,320 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Totals | €771,500 | €744,739 | €750,000 | €750,000 | €750,000 |
Funding is also provided annually in support of a number of important anti-litter initiatives such as the National Spring Clean, Picker Pals, the PURE Project and Irish Business against Litter. Funding for the PURE Project is provided to Wicklow County Council. Funding of €115,000 per year was allocated for the years 2019 to 2023. My Department has recently agreed to increase this to €145,000 per year for 2024 to 2026.
In addition, my Department provides significant support to the local authority sector in their efforts to tackle illegal dumping. Almost €18 million, including €2.84 million in 2023, has been provided to the sector under the Anti-Dumping Initiative (ADI) since it was first introduced in 2017 in order to encourage a collaborative approach between local authorities, community groups and other State Agencies to tackling the problem of illegal dumping. A further €3 million has recently been allocated in support of the 2024 ADI.
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