Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 954: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which a person based in County Monaghan can assess information regarding the collection and disposal of electrical goods such as fridges, washing machines, televisions and so on; his views on whether this situation is fair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14467/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The implementation of the waste electrical and electronic equipment directive in Ireland means that responsibility for the environmentally sound management of waste electrical and electronic equipment is a matter for the producers who place electrical and electronic equipment on the Irish market. Under the WEEE directive and the regulations which implemented it, manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment, or those importing such equipment on a professional basis into the State, may self-comply or join a collective compliance scheme to fulfil their obligations. The procurement of such services as collection and treatment of WEEE is a matter for the collective producer compliance schemes or the self-compliant producers. Anyone wishing to become involved in the environmentally sound management of WEEE from private households can engage directly with the collective compliance schemes and the self-compliant producers.

My Department does not provide funding to the private sector for collection and recycling of this waste as this is now a matter for the producers. Any funding provided by my Department in the area of the recovery of waste has been to assist local authorities in the development of civic amenity sites and in meeting their operational costs. Householders and retailers may deposit WEEE free of charge at these sites.