Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 July 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion.

11:00 am

Mr. Sean Scott:

One of the aspects is that we have waste presentation by-laws across every local authority in the country. That require every household to access a waste collection service. In addition, there is a role there for the industry to continually expand and improve on the service roll-out. Where we had issues with households not partaking in a service, the Department supported us in legislation with the ability to establish a reverse register of households that do not have a service. That would only be established in a proportionate way, with the approval of the chief executive in each local authority where they might perceive there is an issue around illegal dumping. That is largely through the waste presentation by-laws.