Seanad debates
Tuesday, 25 February 2003
Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage.
Under section 33 of the 1996 Act, each local authority has a qualified obligation to collect or arrange for the collection of household waste within its functional area. This obligation does not apply where an adequate waste collection service is available, the estimated cost of collection would be unreasonably high or adequate waste disposal arrangements can reasonably be made by a householder. I will not go into the background of the Cork situation again, which we know. This is fair and the law has to apply equally to everybody.
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