Éamon Ó Cuív
Question:117 Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment when he will introduce regulations under the Waste Management Act, 1996 to enable local authorities to issue permits to private refuse collectors in relation to regularising the situation between licensed and unlicensed private refuse collectors and enabling local authorities to take action against unlicensed refuse collectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11390/97]