Environment Committee calls on Minister to use his influence to resolve Greyhound waste issue

Committee Chairman Ciarán Lynch, TD said: “The Committee is aware that there are problems with the payment methods being introduced for customers and with the perceived fairness of these methods, particularly in relation to those who have access to e-mail facilities and those who do not. We have been told that these difficulties have resulted in many households not having their waste collected.

“We are concerned that domestic users should not be inconvenienced for lack of adequate procedural arrangements being in place and at the potential public health risk of waste not being collected in a timely fashion. The Committee is also concerned that this situation, if allowed to continue, may result in illegal dumping.

“While acknowledging that this is a matter for Dublin City Council, we are asking the Minister to use his influence to ensure the matter is sorted quickly and fairly.”

For further information please contact:

Ciaran Brennan,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2

P: +3531 618 3903
M: 086-0496518
F: +3531 618 4551

Committee Membership

Deputies:

Ciarán Lynch, Labour Party (Chairman)
Noel Coonan, Fine Gael (Vice-Chairman)
James Bannon, Fine Gael
Paudie Coffey, Fine Gael
Terence Flanagan, Fine Gael
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Fine Gael
Tony McLoughlin, Fine Gael
Patrick O’Donovan, Fine Gael
Brian Walsh, Fine Gael
Kevin Humphreys, Labour Party
Gerald Nash, Labour Party
Seán Kenny, Labour Party
Robert Troy, Fianna Fáil
Timmy Dooley, Fianna Fáil
Niall Collins, Fianna Fáil
Sandra McLellan, Sinn Féin
Dessie Ellis, Sinn Féin
Brian Stanley, Sinn Féin
Clare Daly, Socialist Party
Catherine Murphy, Independent
Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan, Independent
 
Senators:

Cáit Keane, Fine Gael
Catherine Noone, Fine Gael
Labhrás Ó’Murchú, Fianna Fáil
Ned O’Sullivan, Fianna Fáil
Fiach Mac Conghail