Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 June 2012
99 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to be able to bring legislation containing provisions for a national bin waiver scheme before Dáil Éireann; the persons who will be covered by such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28766/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Programme for Government contains a commitment to introduce competitive tendering for household waste collection, under which service providers would bid to provide waste collection services in a given area, for a given period of time and to a guaranteed level of service, a system otherwise known as "franchise-bidding."
A public consultation designed to inform the policy development process concluded in September 2011. A large number of responses were received from a broad spectrum of interests. A consensus is not apparent and, on almost all of the relevant issues, a considerable breadth of opinion was expressed. All of the responses received, in addition to a summary document, are available on my Department's website,www.environ.ie.
I expect to be in a position to finalise proposals for Government in relation to household waste collection in the coming weeks. All policy proposals will be carefully considered by Government and will take account of the full range of issues and perspectives, including the matter of waivers.
