Daly calls for a national refuse waiver system

Following the announcement that Kildare County Council are considering privatising the refuse collection throughout the county Fine Gael General Election candidate Cllr Richard Daly says that the only people to suffer under this privatisation are the elderly and the lower income families.

“In the past we have seen privatisation of the refuse collection creating inequality throughout the county where some citizens benefit from waivers under the public system and others have no such facility under privatisation. I have highlighted this inequality in the past.

It is sad that those who least can afford it will be the losers in such a privatisation. The elderly and those who can ill afford it will loose all waivers and be forced to pay full price under private refuse collection.

A national waiver system must be introduced for those entitled to it to ensure a responsible and equitable approach to waste collection. We already have a problem of illegal dumping which will undoubtedly escalate if a large section of the county is forced to pay considerably more.

All political parties should be insisting on a national waiver system and in the shortest possible time” said cllr Daly