Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 566: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he plans to centralise all waste collection to only one company and financial institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23391/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Government has committed to the introduction of competitive tendering for household waste collection, under which 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. A public consultation process has recently concluded on this matter, the purpose of which is to inform policy development. The responses received are currently being examined and I intend to bring policy proposals to Government before the end of the year. However, there are no plans to centralise waste collection with a single service provider. On the contrary, I would like to strengthen competition for household waste collection.