The Green Party has called for firmer measures to tackle car dumping following the recurrence of dumping, particularly of old cars, on the Donegal island of Arranmore.
Over 100 cars have been abandoned on the Gaeltacht island in the last 12 months, despite a clean-up carried out a year ago.
Last July, up to 200 cars were crushed and removed from the picturesque island.
But since then the dumping has continued at two sites on the island, Cnoc an Ullair and Cnoc na Naomh.
Arranmore, three miles off the coast of Donegal, has no permanent Garda station and there are difficulties with policing tax, insurance and NCT certificates.
It has 250 households and 540 permanent residents, though the population swells considerably during the summer months.
The cars are bought cheaply on the mainland and brought over to the island on the ferry from Burtonport. They are driven for as long as possible and then dumped.
Green Party councillor Neil Clarke called for measures to ensure that the last registered owner of a car is held responsible for it.
"It can be cheaper and easier to sell a car to a young lad for a few euro than to pay to have it dumped properly," he said.
"If the last registered owners of some of those cars were taken to court it would put a stop to it. If you gave your household rubbish to someone and it ended up on the island, you would be fined. We have to be responsible for our waste."
He said that traditionally the island had operated without tax or insurance, "like an independent republic off the coast".
"Everybody knows who has the cars but no one is going to tell; it's a closed shop when it comes to the guards," he added.
Liam McCarron, environment officer with Donegal County Council, said that the council has assisted the Arranmore community before in removing cars and would consider getting involved again.
"The added complication for the island is access," he said. "That is part of the reason why we have these problems."
