264. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the mechanisms in place to monitor the pricing of household waste collection services; the number of complaints received regarding household waste collection charges in County Cork in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72387/26]
Topics / Waste Management
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsWaste Management
153 questions from 57 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 13 October 2026.
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152 written, 1 oral
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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 9 |
| March 2025 | 4 |
| April 2025 | 13 |
| May 2025 | 6 |
| June 2025 | 7 |
| July 2025 | 6 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 9 |
| October 2025 | 3 |
| November 2025 | 16 |
| December 2025 | 15 |
| January 2026 | 4 |
| February 2026 | 13 |
| March 2026 | 3 |
| April 2026 | 9 |
| May 2026 | 5 |
| June 2026 | 2 |
| July 2026 | 5 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 16 |
| October 2026 | 8 |
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28. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the waste disposal waiver scheme for people living with disabilities; if he has met with the Minister for Social Protection to discuss additional measures his Department can provide in the absence of this waive; the conclusions that were reached; the dates on which these meetings does place; and if he will make a sta…
29. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 2954/24, the number of local authorities that have a waste disposal waiver scheme in place; if he does not have this information, the reason; the options that are available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70098/26]
37. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he plans to establish independent regulation of household waste collection charges; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70577/26]
38. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he will consider capping standing charges or requiring permitted collectors to offer a low use tariff to single person households and pensioners living alone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70575/26]
400. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has met with the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to discuss supports for those living with disabilities for waste disposal; the dates on which these meetings took places; the conclusions that were reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70101/26]
401. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered providing a reduction or payment assistance in relation to domestic waste charges for disabled people particularly to persons who have excess charges because they suffer from incontinence or other similar issues that incur extra waste disposal charges. [70100/26]
415. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether consideration has been given to a waste collection support for State pensioners living alone, in view of annual minimum bin charges exceeding one week's pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70578/26]
222. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of recyclable material collected in Ireland that was exported for recycling or reprocessing in each of the past five years, broken down by material type. [68876/26]
223. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of PET plastic was collected for recycling in Ireland for the latest year that figures are available; the amount that was reprocessed in Ireland; and the amount that was exported for reprocessing. [68875/26]
224. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of plastic waste collected for recycling in Ireland that was reprocessed in Ireland for the latest year that figures are available; the amount that was exported for reprocessing; and the State’s capacity currently to recycle plastic waste. [68874/26]
105. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has considered the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission's recommendation to establish an independent economic regulator for the household waste collection sector & whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of this proposal. [66955/26]
106. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he has examined the merits of moving from the current side-by-side household waste collection model to a competitive tendering model whereby operators compete for service areas rather than individual households; and whether international models have been assessed. [66957/26]
107. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the engagement his Department has had with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission since 2018 regarding proposed regulatory reforms to the household waste collection sector. [66958/26]
14. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has received any reports from the National Waste Collection Permit Office since March 2025; the issues addressed in any such reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65951/26]
46. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he, or his senior officials, have had any meetings with National Waste Collection Permit Office since March 2025; the issues discussed at any such meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65950/26]
182. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has plans to force waste collection companies advertising online and by door to door flyers to provide their permit number in such advertisements; his views that verification online of such permits should be simplified by the National Waste Collection Permit Office; whether he agrees that improper use of a fake permit number should…
196. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he is satisfied that recyclable cardboard collected by licensed waste operators is being handled in a manner consistent with public guidance given to households that wet or contaminated cardboard is not suitable for recycling; whether his attention has been drawn to reports of cardboard being stored outdoors at waste and recyc…
197. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department ever carried out or supported the Local Authority on an environmental study into the lands of the former Dunsink landfill and the implications dumped materials at this site have on public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63087/26]
214. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of diesel laundering waste incidents recorded by each local authority area in each of the years 2022 to date in 2026; the quantity of waste recovered in each county; the cost to the Exchequer of its treatment and disposal; the measures being taken by his Department, in conjunction with Revenue and An Garda Síochána, to reduc…
215. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department will continue to recoup in full all costs incurred by Monaghan County Council in dealing with diesel laundering waste, including any increased costs arising from the council’s new treatment and disposal contract; whether any ceiling applies to such recoupment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63864/26]
216. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount paid to Monaghan County Council in each of the years 2020 to 2025 for costs associated with the collection, storage, treatment and disposal of waste arising from illegal diesel laundering; the amount paid in respect of incidents occurring in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63863/26]
220. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the feasibility study into transitioning Ireland's waste collection market from its current side-by-side licensing system to a franchise tendering system will be published. [64110/26]
223. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the feasibility study on transitioning Ireland's waste collection market from its current side-by-side licensing system to a franchise tendering system will be published. [64112/26]
226. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the actions his Department is taking to assist waste companies in the disposal of nitrous oxide canisters; if a strategy for collection and disposal is being developed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58370/26]