Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 November 2016
657. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1641 of 16 September 2016, if he will review correspondence regarding concerns about a waste company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34524/16]
View answerMy role as Minister is the maintenance and development of the policy and statutory framework within which the relevant environmental regulatory authorities viz the Environmental Protection Agency, local authorities, the National Waste Collection Permit Office and the National Transfrontier Shipments Office, discharge their respective regulatory and enforcement functions under the Waste Management Acts, in order to ensure that Ireland meets its legal obligations under waste legislation.
As I stated in reply to Question No. 1641 of 16 September 2016, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the statutory independent body responsible for the enforcement of domestic and EU competition law in the State as well as matters pertaining to consumer protection. In line with the objectives of European and national waste policy, the European Union (Household Good Waste and Bio-Waste) Regulation 2015 were designed to promote the segregation and recovery of household waste and the correct use of 'black bins' and 'brown bins' to divert food waste from landfill and the opportunity for such waste to be presented for composting or anaerobic digestion or treatment in way that fulfils a high level of environmental protection.
