Relevant Matter
Public policy or programme
Public Policy Area
Environment
Period
1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019
Specific Details
Illegal Dumping
Intended results
To welcome the 50% increase in funding to tackle illegal dumping.
To call for increased prosecutions by local authorities
For increased action by local authorities to track, trace and prosecute litter louts
Stronger penalties to tackle litter dumping - Tougher penalties must be imposed on anyone who dumps litter in the countryside.
Enforcement of anti-littering laws - Each County Council must enforce anti-littering laws effectively and publish a list of repeat offenders.
Changes to litter legislation - The Department of the Environment must review the anti-litter legislation, and remove the threat of fines and prosecution on farmers and homeowners on whose land others dump litter recklessly.
Civic amenity sites on the outskirts of towns and villages - County Councils must establish a network of strategically located skips on the outskirts of all towns and villages, where people can safely dispose of rubbish, rather than litter the countryside.
Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity
Joe Healy, IFA President, Thomas Cooney, IFA Environment Chairman,
Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?)
No
Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign?
No
Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client?
No
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Designated public officials lobbied
The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them.
As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.
Jackie Cahill
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Pat Deering
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Martin Kenny
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Charlie McConalogue
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Willie Penrose
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Thomas Pringle
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Rose Conway-Walsh
Senator (Seanad)
Paul Daly
Senator (Seanad)
Tim Lombard
Senator (Seanad)
Michelle Mulherin
Senator (Seanad)
Richard Bruton
Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)