Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

In his reply the Taoiseach dealt with the importance of social partnership and the responsibility of his own Department for nurturing social partnership. We moved a motion in Private Members' Business last night to have a national uniform waiver scheme in terms of waste charges for people who are unemployed, those with a disability or pensioners but the amendment moved by the Government stated that there are continuing discussions within the social partnership process which are seeking to identify and address any inequitable impact the charging system is having on the disadvantaged. Is the Taoiseach involved in that? It is news to me.

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