Dublin litter and bin collection
Senator Norris criticised litter levels on Dublin’s north side and blamed privatised bin collection, rogue operators and thin bags that seagulls rip open. Interjections from other Senators and the Chair were procedural and did not alter the subject.
I raise the issue of litter. The north side of Dublin city has been described in a recent survey as the second worst littered area of 50 in the entire country. This all goes back to the lamentable privatisation of the bin collection services. These people are like the Mafia bombing each other's trucks all over the place. They are registered on the Isle of Man and nobody knows what their profits are or what they do with them. We are forced to buy thin plastic bags which the seagulls instantly rip into shreds and spread the rubbish around all over the place.
