Sinn Fein Group Leader on Dublin City Council, Cllr Daithí Doolan, has said that the campaign to take waste management back under the control of local authorities has received another boost today.

Cllr Doolan was responding after the Dublin City Taskforce recommended a single waste management company should provide the bin collection service in Dublin city centre.

Cllr Daithí Doolan said:

“Our campaign to take the bin service back under the control of local authorities has received another boost today.

“The Dublin City Taskforce recommends a single waste management company should provide the bin collection service in Dublin city centre. With a further recommendation that long term, the waste service should be taken back under the control of Dublin City Council.

“This is very positive and will be welcomed by householders across Dublin. This comes only a week after the Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Change made a similar recommendation.

“The wholesale privatisation of our bin service in 2012, opposed every step of the way by Sinn Féin, has been a complete and utter disaster for Dublin. It has led to a wild west situation with up to a dozen bin companies charging ever increasing prices for a service that is not fit for purpose.

“I will be meeting with stakeholders, including trade unions, on Friday to see how we can ensure these recommendations are made a reality as soon as possible.”