Written answers

Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Ministerial Appointments

9:00 pm

Photo of Enda KennyEnda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 26: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will appoint a national waste regulator; when such an appointment will be made; the powers such a regulator will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8177/08]

Photo of John GormleyJohn Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I recognise that significant regulatory issues have emerged as waste management services have rapidly evolved in recent years, including through the rapid growth in, and consolidation of, the private waste management sector. These issues, which have been the subject of a formal public consultation, include the dual role of local authorities as regulators and service providers, the need to ensure that waste services are provided in a manner consistent with the achievement of national and EU environmental objectives and targets, and the need to ensure that necessary public service criteria in relation to the provision of services in particular areas or in respect of specific households are properly reflected. The existing regulatory framework requires modernisation. The identification of the changes necessary will be greatly assisted by the current OECD review of the Irish public service, which includes a specific case study on waste management, and will be implemented in the context of the overall review of national waste management policy provided for in the Programme for Government and now being initiated.

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