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Mr. Phil Hogan, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, today (1 December 2011) announced the provision of €5 million in funding to assist local authorities in meeting the costs associated with the operation of their bring banks and civic amenity facilities for the period January to June 2011.

Making the announcement, Minister Hogan said: “I am today allocating €5 million from this year’s Environment Fund, to assist local authorities with the costs incurred in operating their recycling facilities for the period January to June 2011. The funding underlines my ongoing commitment to providing support for measures that assist in the recycling and recovery of waste, even in the current economic climate”.  The Minister has set aside a proportion of the funding to support the opening of civic amenity sites at weekends to make recycling as convenient as possible for the public.

Minister Hogan commended local authorities for their ongoing efforts to provide the necessary waste management infrastructure, and added that, “it is essential that we, as a nation, continue to manage our waste in the most environmentally friendly way possible and I would urge all local authorities to continue to put in place the requisite facilities to allow the public contribute towards this goal”.

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Note for Editors

As in previous years, individual allocations were based on a combination of both the tonnages collected at civic amenity sites and the net operating costs of those sites, with increased weightings being given to collected tonnages of particular waste streams such as hazardous waste and plastics. A proportion of the funding has also been set aside to encourage local authorities to ensure that civic amenity sites remain open to the public at weekends.

The funding is provided from the Environment Fund, through which the proceeds of the plastic bag and landfill levies are utilised to provide assistance and support in respect of a range of waste management, litter and other environmental initiatives.

A full list of the allocations is set out in the attached Appendix.

Appendix

Subvention of Operating Costs of Recycling Facilities: January - June 2011

Local Authority Allocation

COUNTY COUNCILS €

Carlow €41,871

Cavan €83,990

Clare €243,515

Cork €490,015

Donegal €137,265

Dún Laoghaire - Rathdown €255,265

Fingal €320,065

Galway (including Timpeallacht na nOileán) €149,815

Kerry €123,665

Kildare €181,015

Kilkenny €142,965

Laois €39,920

Leitrim €28,345

Limerick €151,865

Longford €36,700

Louth €227,919

Mayo €180,015

Meath €125,815

Monaghan €69,152

North Tipperary  €105,415

Offaly €52,275

Roscommon €108,315

Sligo €63,565

South Dublin €99,763

South Tipperary €96,115

Waterford €37,165

Westmeath €32,105

Wexford €157,065

Wicklow €197,515

CITY COUNCILS

Cork City €92,665

Dublin City €713,615

Galway City €80,715

Limerick City €70,065

Waterford City €64,465

TOTAL €5,000,000