Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Is léir, ar aon nós, gur tharraing an díospóireacht seo neart cainte. It has been a robust debate, if nothing else. On a point of clarification, we understand the issue around the roll out of the brown bins. I thank the Library & Research Service for the great work they do for us but even in its explanatory note it has been made quite clear that its reading, which I would take as an independent reading and not a Sinn Féin reading or that of anybody else, is that the waste management regulations introduce new rules to come into effect from 1 July 2016, namely, an obligation on all householders, with some exceptions, to segregate food waste from other household waste and an obligation on waste collectors to provide separate receptacles such as wheelie bins for food waste and collect them at least once a fortnight on a pay by weight charging system for waste collection-----