Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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903. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position with the second report (details supplied) from the inter-Departmental working group which was established to examine the issue of the impact of waste charges on low income households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37663/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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An inter-departmental working group was established under A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland, which I published in July 2012, to report to Government with options to minimise the impact of waste charges on low income households. The Working Group, which comprises representatives of my Department and the Departments of Social Protection; Public Expenditure and Reform; Finance; and the Tánaiste's Office, submitted its second report to Government on 23 July, 2013. Government considered the report and, given the complexity of the issues involved, the deployment of further expert resources in the process is being considered with a view to the Working Group submitting a third report to Government by the end of 2013.