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Hogan provides €5m to support recycling facilities in Local Authorities
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