Moves to allow councils to use drones and CCTV in illegal dumping crackdown

Local authorities spend up to €100m a year nationally dealing with illegal dumping and littering, according to Fianna Fáil's Malcolm Byrne. Picture: Tony O'Shea

Local authorities would be permitted to use CCTV, drones, and number plate recognition technology to tackle illegal dumping under new legislation due before the Seanad on Wednesday.

The bill, from Fianna Fáil's Malcolm Byrne, would provide a legal framework for the use of the technology in what Mr Byrne called "narrowly defined circumstances" to stop dumping.