Sinn Féin councillor Gerry Murray wants to know if Mayo County Council has made provisions to fund the aftercare costs of both landfills in Mayo which are due to close soon. Cllr Murray raised the issue at Monday's meeting of Mayo County Council and demanded a report from the council on whether it had built into the charges full disposal costs to waste collectors including aftercare costs, which he said he believed could be up on €750,000 per year for more than 30 years.
Speaking to the Mayo Advertiser this week he said: "They expect the landfill in Derrinumera to close in June this year and in Rathroeen it could close next year. From my information it will cost in the region of €500,000 per year in aftercare costs for Derrinumera and up to €250,000 for Rathroeen so we are looking at €750,000 per year in aftercare costs, every year for what could be up to 30 years. This is a very serious issue and one that didn't get much traction from the major parties because they all signed up to privatisation. At the budget meeting we were arguing over €50,000 here and there, where this could be €750,000 a year that we could have to pay out without any income stream coming into the county for it."
