Seanad debates
Thursday, 13 February 2003
Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed).
Senators made a fair point about putting facilities in place. The point has been made that different authorities have different schemes and approaches to recycling. I have some concerns regarding this legitimate point but I also have all the regional plans before me and we are putting together a national strategy. The best way forward will emerge from that process but we cannot be prescriptive at a national level. One cannot have a mirror image of one scheme applying everywhere. The problem in a county like Clare, which has a dispersed population, is quite different from that in Dublin. Different nuances and structures will apply in different places.
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