Marie Sherlock (Dublin Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

When will the Government publish its response to the Dublin city task force report? Last October, the Tánaiste said that the interdepartmental working group would report back before the end of the year and would provide timelines for the plan's recommendations. What is that timeline? Is the Government committed to all ten of the big ideas, as the previous Government was? Recommendation No. 6 called for a move towards a single waste management provider in the city centre via the tender process. The Tánaiste wrote about the desperate need for a change in how we address waste in this city. Last week, it was announced that the only State-run waste management company in the country is about to be sold off by Bord na Móna. We need to know the Government's plans for waste management in this country because it is not clear from the programme for Government. There is a bigger need with regard to the task force for housing-----

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