Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of current bin waivers for certain local authorities (details supplied). [27976/11]

Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the most up to date annual cost of providing bin waivers in certain counties (details supplied); and whom pay for same. [27978/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 118 and 119 together.

Details of the numbers of households qualifying for waiver schemes and the annual cost of operating those schemes are not compiled by my Department; these are matters for the relevant local authority.

The Programme for Government contains a commitment to introduce 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 on the issues involved, designed to inform the policy development process, has recently concluded. The responses received are being examined and I intend to bring policy proposals to Government before the end of the year. The issue of waivers for low income households will be among the issues for consideration in this context.