Seanad debates

Tuesday, 25 February 2003

Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage.

 

Undoubtedly, in the case of a person whose level of income is such that he or she cannot afford the particular charges, there will have to be a waiver scheme. Under the new system of taking cases against householders for non-payment of waste charges, any manager who had not first made an effort to look at the person's income situation would be laughed out of court and would discredit the entire system. It is quite clear from the manner in which I have dealt with this in the Bill that all of those factors have to be taken into account.

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