Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)

I welcome the opportunity to discuss waste policy but the duty of Government, while being to propose, is also to play a role in informing and debating the issues. Similarly, the Opposition should do more than simply oppose Government policy for the sake of opposition. It should add to the debate about what we do with waste in Ireland. Much of the Opposition's lamentably repetitive and uninspired rhetoric is based on a false premise, namely that each and every member of this Government is of a similar view on every issue.

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