Local authorities urged to use CCTV to tackle 'scourge' of illegal dumping 

A total of €10.5m has been allocated this year to tackle illegal dumping.

Government ministers are urging local authorities to begin introducing CCTV to combat littering and illegal dumping.

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan and minister of state at the Department of the Environment Ossian Smyth were responding to questions about what the Government was doing to tackle the problem — which has been described as a "scourge of the countryside, towns, and villages".