Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress he has made in his consideration as to the way in which the waste collection market might be best regulated in the future, following the conclusions of the Competition Authority in October 2005 that the present system is not working well for consumers nationally. [5314/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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It should be stressed that the Competition Authority did not note any significant anomalies in the amounts charged by private waste collectors throughout the country. However, it did suggest that a competitive tendering process might offer better options to customers by increasing competition in the market. As I have already indicated publicly, I am giving consideration to how the waste market might best be regulated in the future. My Department is examining a range of issues which require careful consideration and is having regard to the views of the authority in that context. I expect this process to be concluded shortly.