Farms hit by ‘out of control’ illegal dumping 

Flytipping on farmland: illegal dumping out of control, says TD

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has taken steps to remove legal doubts about using CCTV evidence in illegal dumping cases, after being told that councils are prevented from using CCTV footage to prosecute illegal dumpers, including those who dump on farmland.

The matter arose in the Dáil last week when Galway West Independent TD Noel Grealish said a person caught on CCTV cameras in the act of dumping illegally cannot be brought to court on the basis of that evidence, in many parts of the country.