Kildare County Council spends millions every year cleaning up litter.
Kildare Senator says "CCTV cameras are part of the solution" to the scourge of illegal dumping.
On average, Kildare County Council spends €3 million a year cleaning up litter, and fly-tipped rubbish.
There were 1,931 related complaints to the council in 2020
Labour Senator,Mark Wall introduced a Bill aimed at tackling illegal dumping to the Seanad in March.
Wall says "On the specific advice received from the Data Protection Commissioner regarding the Bill, which I hope the Bill will address, the Minister of State said that was currently under consideration by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.
He also stated that, for its part, the Government was in contact with the County and City Management Association, CCMA, on practical issues raised by the Data Protection Commissioner and those which our Bill also raised.
"Unfortunately, as I am sure many Members of the House are aware, illegal dumping is as bad as ever. My local authority, Kildare County Council, recently ran a one-day amnesty on mattresses and couches. In one day alone, it collected 75 tonnes of couches and mattresses I continue to receive calls on a weekly - sometimes daily - basis about this issue.
"There is no doubt that we need solutions and the use of CCTV will help. We estimated at the time of the debate on the Bill that €90 million is being spent nationally on the clean-up of illegal dumping. As I said before, we can imagine the number of community projects we could complete with this money. I want to thank once again all of the Tidy Towns and community groups that do so much to combat this problem. They are to be congratulated," he concluded.
š£Continuing problem of illegal dumping in this country
— Mark Wall TD (@MarkWall1) October 20, 2021
āI continue to receive calls on a weekly - sometimes daily - basis about this issue. There is no doubt that we need solutions and the use of CCTV will help. @labour
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