Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In response to Deputy Curran, the Government is taking a number of measures, as I mentioned earlier. One of the mitigation measures being put in place is a €75 grant to people who have a long-term illness that necessitates them producing additional waste, particularly incontinence pads etc. There will be a public information campaign in place. Officers have already been appointed who will provide information on how people can reduce the amount of waste they produce by recycling, reusing and composting. All those things will help people to reduce their waste collection charges.

In addition all waste collectors will be required to phase in the brown bin in all communities with a population of more than 500 people. That will assist people enormously to reduce the amount of waste they produce and therefore reduce the cost.

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