In her statement, marking publication of the EPA's Annual Highlights 2005 report, she said: "Three areas stand out as marking particular progress during the year: the effective stamping out of large scale illegal dumping, improved enforcement of environmental legislation and the establishment of a National Emissions Trading Registry". The Office of Environmental Enforcement focused on tackling illegal waste activities in Ireland with significant success in 2005. A report outlining unauthorised waste activities in Ireland concluded that large-scale illegal dumping, such as that experienced in Co. Wicklow from 1997 — 2002, was no longer occurring. Illegal cross border movement of waste had also reduced significantly as a result of increased vigilance and cross border co-operation.
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