Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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422. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the negotiations with waste contractors; the negotiations that have taken place with waste contractors outside of the Irish Waste Management Association, IWMA, in relation to the freezing of bin charges; and the impact it is having on consumers who cannot avail of IWMA operators in their area. [32967/16]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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As the waste industry began releasing its proposed prices under pay-by-weight in June 2016, the Government relayed its concern to the industry regarding the reported escalation of waste bills for customers of certain companies and the proposed price structure was not implemented. However, my Department engaged with representatives of the waste industry to agree a way forward that results in customers paying no more for the same level of service than they were currently paying for waste collection over the 12 month period to 1 July 2017.  The Irish Waste Management Association, Greyhound and CityBin were directly involved in the discussions which led to the agreement.