Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of the planned introduction of competitive tendering in household waste collection, if he will explain the impact of new policy on existing waste operators who provide employment in each county and who have collaborated with the regulator for several years; if the new policy will put operators outside the greater Dublin area at a comparative disadvantage under the new system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20112/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I have recently published a discussion document to help inform the public consultation process on the Government's commitment to introduce competitive tendering for household waste collection, whereby service providers will bid to provide waste collection services in a given area, for a given period of time and to a guaranteed level of service. The discussion document provides some details of how such a reorganisation of household waste collection might work, identifies potential benefits and presents some questions to which it is hoped consultees will respond. The discussion document is available on my Department's website, www.environ.ie

I invite all participants in the waste industry, including current service providers and consumers, to engage with the consultation process, which is open until 2 September 2011. Should a current service provider have specific concerns, these can be raised with my Department, through the contact details provided in the discussion document.