Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I respect that very much. I have an account of it and I compliment the Minister on that because it was most important. That would have placed an unbearable financial burden on that sector of our society which we want to help and protect. I thank the Minister for that.

We do not want to be nonsensical about waste. In County Kerry an excellent facility was put in at Muingnaminnane by councillors who were ahead of their time but unfortunately now it is lying idle and dormant which it should not be. We want to see common sense prevailing and facilities like that being opened up again which would reduce the cost to the customer, to the people who produce refuse because dealing with it in their own locality is most important and that is what we want to do to reduce the cost to the customer and the people in our locality.

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