Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 194: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the provision being made for the elderly in rural areas, where the recycling facilities are being withdrawn and there is no local authority refuse collection. [34953/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Under Section 33 of the Waste Management Act 1996, it is a matter for each local authority to ensure that adequate arrangements for the collection of waste are available in its functional area, except where the cost of collection would be unreasonably high or where adequate arrangements can reasonably be made by the holder of the waste.