Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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364. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the obligations on management companies or management agents to make provision for brown bin collection services within estates, be they traditional housing estates or multi-unit dwellings, where the estates are not taken in charge but are privately run; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22569/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Waste collection in Ireland is subject to compliance with applicable environmental and other relevant legislation, primarily the Waste Management Act 1996 (as amended) and conditions attached to each waste collector’s collection permit issued under the Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations 2007 (as amended). Where a permit holder collects household kerb side waste, the permit holder shall provide a separate receptacle for each waste fraction namely, residual, recyclables and, where appropriate, food and bio-waste.

Under the European Union (Household Food Waste and Bio-waste) Regulations 2015, household waste collectors are required to provide, or arrange for the provision of, a separate collection service for food waste from households in designated “brown bin” areas.

In accordance with the Regulatory Impact Assessment prepared for these Regulations, the roll-out of the brown bin has been phased in on a progressive basis, commencing on 1 July 2013. The timetable for when the regulations take effect is as follows:

- 1 July 2013 for population centres greater than 25,000 persons; 

- 31 December 2013 for population centres greater than 20,000 persons;

- 1 July 2014 for population centres greater than 10,000 persons;

- 1 July 2015 for population centres greater than 1,500 persons, and

- 1 July 2016 for population centres greater than 500 persons.

Issues concerning the enforcement of the Regulations are a matter for the local authorities, who have significant powers under the Regulations to secure compliance by waste collectors.