Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Given the derisive response of people via text and Twitter in the past 30 minutes to the plan to send the Minister, Deputy Coveney, to meet the bin companies next week and the feeling that this is not good enough and is a shambles, I will give the Tánaiste another opportunity to answer the question of whether she is prepared to reverse before the weekend the legislation that opened the door to this situation. Is she prepared to reverse the privatisation of bin services and introduce legislation that takes control of this crucial industry away from profiteers?

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