Dáil Éireann - Volume 554 - 09 October, 2002

Written Answers. - Waste Disposal.

Mr. Allen Mr. Allen

  1568. Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government his proposals to tax householders on the weight of their domestic waste. [16821/02]

Minister for the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Cullen)

  Minister for the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Cullen): There are no proposals to tax household waste production.

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  Under the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (No. 2) Act, 1983, as amended, charges may be levied in respect of waste collec[1481] tion services provided by or on behalf of local authorities.

  The 1998 policy statement, Waste Management – Changing our Ways, advocated that local authorities move rapidly towards full cost recoupment for the waste services which they provide and, both as a matter of equity and to directly incentivise waste reduction, that the level of waste charges should vary according to usage.

  The March 2002 policy statement, Preventing and Recycling Waste – Delivering Change, indicated the Government's expectation that all local authorities will move towards introducing weight/volume related charges, to the fullest extent possible within three years.

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