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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 11, 2016

MOTION NO.7

MOTION: Councillor D. O'Brien

This Council will write to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Simon Coveney stating that a BIN waiver should be introduced for people with health issues. Over 20,000 people in Ireland suffer from bowel disease and are fitted with a stoma. These people have to use their bin to dispose of these colostomy bag through no fault of their own, and with pay by weight been introduce this will be a big cost to them. There is also many other conditions that people have medical waste that has to be put in the bin.

REPORT:

Minister Coveney recently announced (on 21st June 2016) the conclusion of an agreement with the Waste Industry with regard to the introduction of Pay-by-Weight charging for waste collection, and development of a plan to resolve the on-going issues around bin charging and the introduction of pay by weight

The Minister also announced that the plan provides assurances for users of incontinence products supplied by the HSE  that they will not face additional charges under pay by weight and that operators will absorb this cost.

If the Motion is passed a letter will issue to the appropriate Minister, and when a reply is received it will be issued to the Members.