Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

As I said, I am sympathetic to the consideration of providing a waiver facility for private and public collections, depending on income. I agree that indiscriminate dumping and fly tipping is happening throughout the country. It is also a question of reviewing our litter legislation and facing up to the cultural change that is required. People must be made to understand that this type of behaviour is anti-social and damaging to the environment, to our economic recovery and to the tourism potential of all counties, including Roscommon. I am looking at bringing forward additional measures that will concentrate the minds of those who engage in this indiscriminate activity. I am also very sympathetic to the possibility of a waiver system in the context of national waste policy.

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