John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The proposals from the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten, regarding the creation of a new charging regime for waste collection means that commercial operators will themselves choose which option to take. This gives far too much leeway to private companies and far to little to the consumer. The proposed annual support of €75 to assist those with lifelong medical conditions that cause incontinence is totally insufficient. Regardless of which option is taken by the companies - per-lift or per-kilogram charges, by-weight bands or by-weight allowance charges - people with lifelong or long-term medical conditions that cause incontinence will have more waste and will, therefore, have increased charges imposed on them. This is totally unacceptable and unfair.

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