Written answers
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what supports are available for low-income households who are facing multiple price hikes by private waste collection companies; if her Department will consider additional supports for older people who may be facing these same price hikes while not being able to bring their waste to public waste collection centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6533/24]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The matter of waste collection charges is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications. I am advised by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications that there is no national waiver scheme for household waste collection. The waste management market in Ireland is now serviced by private companies, where prices charged are matters between those companies and their customers, subject to compliance with all applicable environmental and other relevant legislation, including contract and consumer legislation.
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