Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 November 2013
474. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the regulatory procedures in place to control private waste operators; if there is any mechanism in place to require private waste operators to seek approval in advance on whether they may increase the price and collection practices for their waste collection services. [49412/13]
View answerA waste collector must comply with the conditions attached to their waste collection permit, issued under the Waste Management (Collection Permit ) Regulations 2007, as amended, which set out the environmental standards in relation to the collection of waste. Waste collection in individual local authority areas may also be subject to local bye-laws. The charges applied by waste management companies are a matter between those companies and their customers, subject to compliance with all applicable environmental and other relevant legislation.
