Clare County Council is being called on to take a more proactive approach towards dealing with illegal dumping.
It comes as Fianna Fáil is introducing a bill that would permit local authorities to use CCTV for the purposes of catching those involved.
Concern has been raised once again about fly-tipping in rural areas in East Clare.
Up to 100 million euro is being spent by local authorities across the country every year on cleaning up after roadside dumping and fly-tipping.
It’s prompted calls for greater use of CCTV by local authorities, but GDPR is clamping down on Councils’ ability to do so, as the necessary legislation isn’t currently in place.
Fianna Fáil Senator Malcom Byrne is introducing a new bill, which is passed, would help solve the issue.
Shannon Sinn Fein Councillor Donna McGettigan has described illegal dumping as a scourge on our society that has to be tackled and says councils need the help of national authorities to give them powers to deal with the matter.
A Cratloe Fianna Fáil Councillor is calling for litter wardens to patrol litter hotspots over the weekend in particular, to act as a deterrent for those dumping rubbish.
Pat O’Gorman also believes there should be higher penalties for those caught in the act, including that they be named and shamed.
This past weekend, he highlighted an incident of dumping in a dumping hotspot, the Windy Gap area between Cratloe, Sixmilebridge and Meelick.
He says it can’t be allowed continue.
