Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 May 2016
53. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to immediately revise the statutory instrument that introduced payment for green bin charges and ensure that, in the interests of the environment, all recycling is incentivised by remaining free of charge by local authorities at bring centres and by waste management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11599/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraFollowing close consultation with Minister Naughten, I have already publicly stated that I will remove the mandatory minimum pay-by-weight charge for the collection of recyclable (or “green bin”) waste as part of the new household waste collection regime , by means of amending regulations. Collectors of household kerbside waste will not be required under law to charge for collecting this waste stream. There is no legal requirement, nor is there any intention to introduce a legal requirement, for civic amenity sites or bring centres to charge for accepting recyclable material.
