Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 October 2017
308. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the pricing watchdog monitoring unit has been established; the make-up of the unit; the number of times it has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44737/17]
View answerA Household Waste Collection Price Monitoring Group has been established and has begun the process of monitoring the rates charged by household waste collectors. The Household Waste Collection Price Monitoring Group has met on two occasions, 13 September, 2017 and 11 October, 2017. The Group comprises representatives from the Waste Policy and Resource Efficiency Division and an economist from my Department, the Central Statistics Office and a company with expertise in price monitoring. The company made a presentation to the Group at the meeting on 11 October, 2017 based on the data it had collected as part of the first data sweep of the market. They will report back to the Group on a monthly basis and a report on the data collected will be published.
