Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he sponsored a motion before the Houses of the Oireachtas on 12 July 2011, which was approved, for the introduction of a levy on the incineration of waste when on that same day amendments were made by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government on Committee Stage of the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 to eliminate such a levy from the legislation and it was announced that no such levy will be imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22670/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Under Dáil standing orders a Financial Resolution is required where a Bill involves a charge or tax on the people. The Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 required a Financial Resolution because, as published, it involved a new charge, or tax, on the people. Had the amendment to remove the levy in question not been agreed, the subsequent Act would have involved the new charge on waste facilities.