Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It is ludicrous to suggest that bin companies are putting up their prices because of the deposit return scheme. They are absolutely capable of putting up their prices, and often did so before the deposit return scheme was brought in. People have said to me that they are not happy about the number of bin companies operating on the same streets around the country and that this is not the normal way that bin services or waste collection operates in other countries. I have commissioned a study of the market structure to examine whether the local authorities should switch towards a franchise model under which there would be one waste collection company in each local authority.

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