Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if guidance is in place for local authorities and waste operators with regard to the safe handling of disposable face coverings for prevention of spread of Covid-19, including those discarded improperly on the street; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15968/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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While I have no role in relation to workplace health and safety, in an effort to ensure that all household and commerciail waste collections continue during the Covid-19 pandemic my Department established a Covid-19 High Level Waste Advisory Group consisting of key stakeholders from industry, the local authority sector and regulatory bodies. This Group, in cooperation with all elements of the waste industry, has helped to ensure that there have been no interruptions to waste collection services to date while also ensuring that the latest advice from the Health Service Executive on handling waste, including discarded PPE, continues to be made available through mywaste.ie.

Guidance on workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be made available through the Health and Safety Authority.