Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The point was made by one of the contributors that this is about raising standards in terms of employment but equally importantly, in terms of environmental outcomes. The witnesses have strongly advocated for a different model of service delivery and pointed to the area of illegal dumping as an environmental benefit. I presume in the IPA report, by international comparison, an improvement is seen in terms of the coverage. Senator Sherlock mentioned streets in Dublin that do not have coverage. We know huge swathes of rural Ireland is the same. Where there is coverage, people opt out of the services, in addition to that. I presume also the area of waivers, supports and costs is a piece that was lost. Will the witnesses speak to the additional benefits in environmental terms and for service users of this type of model and does it stand up when we look internationally? Will Councillor Doolan respond?