Kerry County Council performed well on environmental matters last year, according to the EPA.
The Environmental Protection Agency today published its Local Authority Environmental Enforcement Performance Report for 2025.
In its report, it rates the performance of all city and county councils on environmental matters last year.
Local authorities were graded on 15 different National Enforcement Priorities, all of which focus on delivering positive outcomes across air quality, water quality, and waste management.
Kerry County Council met the standard on 14 of these, giving it a 93% success rate.
To meet the standard, local authorities had to provide evidence of satisfactory, risk-based selection of inspections and appropriate follow-ups, focused on improving compliance and environmental outcomes.
Kerry County Council was rated excellent in doing this on solid fuel, air quality monitoring and data use, as well as its governance processes.
It received a strong score across all waste and water-related priorities, as well as local air and noise investigations.
The only priority which Kerry County Council did not meet the standard was environmental noise directive (END).
The EPA says performance on this priority was lowest across the country, and challenges include limited funding for noise management and lack of specialised staff.
The END is the main EU law to identify noise pollution levels and act on them.
