Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the closure of the green waste recycling facility centre at Esker, Lucan to commercial green waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12798/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The obligation on local authorities to provide for recycling and recovery facilities is in relation to household waste rather than waste arising in the course of commercial activities. Recycling, recovery or disposal of commercially arising waste is specifically the responsibility of the producer and the local authorities are not obliged to provide facilities for, or to accept material from, the producer. The onus is on commercial producers of green waste to identify appropriate ways to recycle the waste they generate.

I am informed that South Dublin County Council plans to keep the recycling centre at Esker open to commercial concerns for the time being, but that householders will take priority. The council is bound by licence constraints and its decision will reflect conditions of its licensing, matters on which I am precluded from commenting.