Seanad debates
Thursday, 13 February 2003
Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed).
The benchmarking process has been responsible for the massive hike in refuse collection charges throughout the country. My understanding is that the figure this year will be 25% and that next year it will be 75%. The managers have levied this charge, therefore, to get all possible moneys in to pay for benchmarking. The woman who pays her service charges is indirectly funding the recruitment of new engineers, architectural staff or whatever under benchmarking.
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