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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 08, 2008

QUESTION NO.1

QUESTION: Councillor M. Corr

To ask the Manager to indicate what the current cost of bin charge waivers is to South Dublin County Council on an annual basis and to indicate if it is possible for this Council to recoup what is clearly a state social welfare benefit to South Dublin County’s budget?

REPLY:

The Council's Refuse Charge Waiver Scheme is availed of by approximately 15,100 Customers annually. This figures changes on a daily basis as existing Customers are reviewed or new Customers apply.

Each Waiver Customer is issued with 26 tags which, at a price of €8 each means that the cost in terms of income foregone is approaching €3.2 million.

There is no recoupment available from central government for the Waiver System.