Tony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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507. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 1 March 2018, in response to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 422 and 430 of 5 December 2017, the status of the new funding proposal for families with large amounts of medical waste; when the scheme will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2606/19]

Séamus Healy (Tipperary, Workers and Unemployed Action Group)
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517. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the introduction of the grant towards the cost of pay-by-weight charges for households with a vulnerable person with long-term medical incontinence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2788/19]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 507 and 517 together.

My Department is continuing the work of developing a mechanism to provide a support for vulnerable persons with a condition such as lifelong or long-term medical incontinence to help meet the average annual cost of disposing of their domestic waste. I am informed that this process has taken longer than envisaged, due to a number of issues, including data protection issues that have arisen since the introduction of GDPR. However, I can assure the Deputy that I am committed to introducing an annual support as soon as practically possible in conjunction with relevant agencies and stakeholders.