Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 February 2015
578. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps that have been taken to tackle the increasing cost of waste disposal in County Sligo; and his views on restoring power over waste disposal back to Sligo County Council. [4872/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraSection 33 of the Waste Management Act 1996 requires a local authority to collect, or arrange for the collection of, waste within its functional area. However, it also provides that this requirement does not apply where any of the following conditions are met:
(a) an adequate waste collection service is available,
(b) the estimated costs of the collection of the waste concerned by the local authority would in the opinion of the authority be unreasonably high, or
(c) the local authority is satisfied that adequate arrangements for the disposal of the waste concerned can reasonably be made by the holder of the waste.
I am precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to the performance by the Agency or a local authority, in particular circumstances, of a statutory function vested in it. In this regard, the involvement or otherwise of Sligo County Council in the collection of waste is a matter solely for that local authority.
