Illegal dumping in rural Waterford remains a problem, according to councillors.
Speaking at this month's Comeragh district meeting, Councillor John O'Leary was one of those to raise the issue.
Currently fines of €150 are in place or a maximum of €4,000 if you are convicted in court.
"At last month's meeting again there were questions raised in relation to CCTV coverage," he said, "and when could it come on stream and be used.
"Is there any further update, is there any more clarity in relation to that?"
Before a response from the council executives present was given, Councillor Liam Brazil, who is also chairperson of that district council, weighed in behind Councillor O'Leary.
"I would support you big time on that, Councillor O'Leary," Councillor Brazil said, "It's something that I've been pushing for for an awful long time.
"The dumping that goes on in the Comeragh district is just untold.
"It's a shame to see so much stuff being dumped on the road there. I see at the moment, the Carrick road is being cleaned up and there's bags upon bags of stuff being pulled out of the forestry and alongside the road."
In response, Senior Engineer in the Environment Department, Niall Kane said it will be later this year at the earliest before CCTV can be used.
"The LGMA (Local Government Management Agency) is developing a code of practice," he told council members at the meeting.
"That code of practice is gone off for legal review - they've got initial comments back from the solicitors but they just have to get a marked up copy, with changes in the code of practice that the solicitor recommends.
"Once that's done, it has to go to the LGMA board and the CCMA (County and City Management Association) for approval before being presented to the minister and the minister has to then present it to the Dáil.
"... Hopefully by the end of the summer, we'll have a code of practice in place there.
"Once that is done, the council has to make a business case to the Chief Executive to justify every location that we want to put a CCTV camera."
To that end, Mr Kane said it was vital that members of the council and the public continue to report any instances of illegal dumping so that a better idea of litter blackspots around Waterford can be garnered.
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