Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In advance of the summer recess, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment committed to establishing a waste charges watchdog. Deputies will know, from representations to their constituency offices, that the roll-out of the new charging system differs hugely depending on where people live. I regularly receive complaints about bins not being picked up, a general lack of understanding of the new system and in some areas, waste collectors that behave as though they were a law unto themselves. We also know that parts of the country have yet to receive brown bins and people are being charged black bin prices for brown bin waste. Will the Taoiseach tell the House when will the price and watchdog monitoring unit be established and deliver on its much anticipated monthly reports?

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