Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 November 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
9:00 am
Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
The number of households should be uppermost in people's minds when we talk about waste management. By his own admission, the Secretary General tells me at least 600,000 houses are outside the system, if it is 1 million. That is an awful admission but the Department does not seem to know about it or have any information. I am being a bit difficult on this because I do not believe the Department and local authorities and everyone else involved. It is a commercial business and the money is taken from those who are willing to pay. Those who do not pay do not exist as far as waste collection statistics are concerned. Does the Secretary General understand?
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