John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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481. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the work, findings and reports of the recently established household waste collection price monitoring group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3284/18]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I established the Price Monitoring Group to track monthly pricing development in the Waste Collection Market as flat fees are phased out in line with the Government's decision in June 2017.

The Group has so far considered four months of pricing data trends. Statements were released by the Group in November and December and are available on my Department's website.

The group comprises representatives from:

- Waste Policy & Resource Efficiency Division of my Department,

- An economist from my Department,

- A statistician from the Central Statistics Office.

- Shelfwatch – an independent price monitoring group; and

- Frank Conway, an independent consumer expert (Chairperson).

To date, the Group has met on five separate occasions.