Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the considerations to be made by local authorities when deciding on whether or not to re-municipalise waste collection services; if legislative or regulatory barriers prevent local authorities from re-municipalising waste collection services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23491/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Local authorities are responsible for municipal waste collection and waste management planning within their functional areas.

The obligations on local authorities in relation to collecting household waste are set out in section 33 of the Waste Management Act 1996, as amended. In summary, it provides that each local authority shall collect, or arrange for the collection of, household waste within its functional area. The obligation to collect or arrange for the collection of household waste shall not apply if:

• an adequate waste collection service is available in the local authority's functional area,
• the estimated costs of the collection of the waste would, in the opinion of the local authority, be unreasonably high, or
• the local authority is satisfied that adequate arrangements for the disposal of the waste concerned can reasonably be made by the holder of the waste.