Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 159: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce civic amenity centres specifically to meet the needs of small and medium size enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16518/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Local authorities have a statutory duty under the Waste Management Act 1996 to provide and operate, or to arrange for the provision and operation of, facilities for recovery and disposal of household waste. Local authorities are not precluded from providing such facilities for commercial waste, but are not under a duty to do so. In general, I would consider the provision of recycling facilities for businesses as primarily a commercial matter, and do not believe that it would be appropriate to divert the limited resources of the environment fund, or to direct the diversion of local authority funds, to providing special facilities for the use of the business sector.