Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, Fine Gael too, absolutely. Last week I answered questions in the Dáil regarding the concerns that were understandably building over the introduction on a mandatory basis of a switch-over to a new charging structure requiring pay by weight, which links back to a statutory instrument that was introduced last January for all the right reasons, in an effort to try to encourage the shift-over for about 80% of people who have bins collected and who are not yet on a pay-by-weight pricing model. Most of those would not have seen a change in their pricing structure at all under this switch. For what it is worth, most people, as far as I have heard from them, who have switched to a pay-by-weight model in the last number of years do not want to switch back. They see the benefits of it. They have been encouraged to adopt, and have willingly adopted, a different approach to waste management that involves separation at source in the home and the use of three different bins. I accept what Senator Mac Lochlainn has been saying. In some parts of the country brown bins are not available, and we need to ensure that we correct that before people are required to separate their waste. What I have done is change the approach, because many people have protested about genuine concerns over the fact that they may be forced-----