Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)

There have been many requests to the Leader for debates in the new year, so we will be very busy. I wish to ask the Leader for a debate on waste management and particularly litter control, the problems that occur when people dispose of refuse in good faith to unregistered collectors and dumping on roadsides. There is a recent and more worrying trend of dumping illegally on both sides of the Border by what were understood to be registered collectors of refuse.

I also support the comments of Senators Henry, Ulick Burke and Kitt on drinking water quality. Substantial funding has been made available by the Government to improve water quality but local authorities have failed to spend it. A message must go out to local authorities that when money is made available they should spend it and spend it well.