Mr. Tony Killeen T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, this week said that the Government was committed to tackling environmental crimes such as litter and graffiti. [ClickPress, Mon Jul 07 2008] His comment followed the allocation of EUR34k in grants to Clare County Council for public education and awareness initiatives in relation to both litter and graffiti. “This allocation represents a 33% increase on the figure allocated to County Clare in July 2007”, explained the Clare T.D. Minister Killeen added, “Under the Litter Pollution Acts, local authorities have, in addition to litter functions, a responsibility to prevent and take remedial action in relation to graffiti. The criteria for selection of suitable projects under this scheme have been expanded in 2008 to include anti-graffiti...
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