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� Make public bodies aware <strong>of</strong> the regional implications <strong>of</strong> their policies, plans<br />

and activities<br />

The BMW and S & E assemblies operated four sub-programmes in 2000-2006 <strong>of</strong><br />

which one was local infrastructure. This was divided into seven measures <strong>of</strong> which<br />

one was waste management. The following came under the remit <strong>of</strong> waste<br />

management:<br />

� <strong>Waste</strong> recovery infrastructure for municipal waste, to be developed in<br />

accordance with regional and local <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> Plans;<br />

� Hazardous waste landfill capacity, to be provided in accordance with the<br />

National Hazardous <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> Plan. 1113<br />

In the 2000-2006 period, the funding available for these activities was €370.49<br />

million in the BMW region and €621.18 million in the S & E region. This is an<br />

extremely significant sum.<br />

NDP 2007-2013<br />

Within the 2007-2013 programme period for the NDP, € 5.8 billion will be in the<br />

Environmental Services area, <strong>of</strong> which € 753 million will be within the <strong>Waste</strong><br />

<strong>Management</strong> Sub Programme <strong>of</strong> the NDP’s Economic Infrastructure Priority. In the<br />

Irish context, this is a significant sum <strong>of</strong> money. The NDP indicates that the funds are<br />

expected to ‘address the problems associated with legacy landfills; support, through<br />

private investment, the development <strong>of</strong> thermal treatment plants to reduce landfill<br />

usage, and promote greater use <strong>of</strong> recycling and recovery.’<br />

Although some €3 billion is expected to come from EU funds in the latest NDP period,<br />

the S&E Region’s Operational Programme makes no reference to waste management<br />

within its Programme whilst the BMW Region’s Operational Programme is concerned<br />

with waste only in terms <strong>of</strong> assisting in the protection <strong>of</strong> groundwaste (through<br />

managing slurries).<br />

60.2.2 <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> Infrastructure Capital Grant Scheme<br />

In March 2002, within the context <strong>of</strong> the waste programme/ statement document,<br />

“Preventing and Recycling <strong>Waste</strong>: Delivering Change”, a €127m capital grant scheme<br />

was launched by Mr. Noel Dempsey, T.D., Minister for the Environment and Local<br />

Government under the National Development Plan. The scheme, ‘The <strong>Waste</strong><br />

<strong>Management</strong> Infrastructure Capital Grants Scheme’ was launched as part <strong>of</strong> the<br />

National Development Plan 2000-2006. The scheme was co-funded by the Irish<br />

Exchequer and by the EU from the European Regional Development Fund. Local<br />

1113 National Development Plan (2009) National Development Plan Website, Available:<br />

http://www.ndp.ie/viewdoc.asp?fn=/documents/eu_structural_funds/overview/structural_funds.htm<br />

&mn=euso&nID=3<br />

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