Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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564. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to families for disposal of medical waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30948/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I have no function in relation to the disposal of municipal medical waste. The Deputy may wish to note that the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment is responsible for national waste management policy, and has recently published a new National Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy (2020 – 2025). I also understand that waste management planning is the responsibility of local authorities under Part II of the Waste Management Act, 1996.