Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I and other Members of the House have raised on a number of occasions in the past few weeks the agreement put in place by the Minister, Deputy Coveney, with the waste companies to defer the introduction of the pay-by-weight scheme. It is clear that one of the companies, Greyhound, is in defiance of that agreement in terms of its requiring people to opt out of the new pay-by-weight scheme. People who decide to opt out are being required to make an upfront one month's payment to Greyhound. This goes against the agreement reached. We have been told that this situation is being monitored by the Minister, Deputy Coveney, yet no action has been taken by him.

Greyhound customers have up to 1 August 2016, which is 12 days away, to opt out. The Taoiseach assured us that this would not happen, that an agreement was in place and companies would be required to adhere to that agreement. Patently, that is not happening. Will the Taoiseach give an assurance today that he will request the Minister, Deputy Coveney, to take action immediately to put an end to this and to tell Greyhound to stop what it is doing?

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