Waste Management Regulations

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 July 2015

Thursday, 2 July 2015

Ceisteanna (218)

Seán Kenny

Ceist:

218. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way the waste regulator operates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26681/15]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

My role as Minister is to develop and maintain the policy and regulatory framework within which the relevant regulatory authorities, i.e. 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.

There is no single waste regulator and I have no plans to establish such an office.