Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations regarding appropriate times for refuse collection by private bin companies in residential areas. [12496/14]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Waste collection is subject to compliance with applicable environmental and other relevant legislation, primarily the Waste Management Acts 1996 - 2013 and conditions attached to each waste collector’s collection permit issued under the Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations 2007. Waste collection in individual local authority areas may also be subject to local bye-laws, including bye-laws specifying times during which waste is to be made available for collection.

As part of implementation of the Government’s waste policy, A Resource Opportunity, I published a discussion paper on 28 November 2013 to facilitate a public consultation process on options for revising the existing regulatory regime which applies to waste collection. That paper included a discussion on whether waste collection should take place between specified times and whether such times should be decided at a local, regional or national level. Submissions received as part of the consultation process are currently being reviewed by my Department with a view to introducing legislation later this year to reform the regulation of household waste collection.