Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)

Question 3: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his views that the policy of charging for local domestic waste collection services (details supplied) and the resulting privatisation of such services has been a failure, has impacted negatively on the environment and has the potential to create a serious public health hazard and that essential public services should be centrally funded by a progressive tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13413/12]

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