Sale of Waste Collection Service Will Have Implications for Many
Issued : Wednesday 1 September, 2010
Labour Party Senator for Cork South-West, Michael McCarthy, has expressed his disappointment at the news that Cork County Council will sell its waste collection service to a private firm.
Senator McCarthy said, ‘I recently called on Cork County Council to re-think its strategy of privatising this service. I believe that it was a vital service for the community and that its loss will have huge implications for the less well-off in County Cork.
“I realise that this service has been loss making but I believe that if it had been managed properly it could have been profitable. The announcement that the waiver scheme will continue for the next two years will be of cold comfort to the many that rely on it.
‘Eventually those on social welfare, the elderly, those with disabilities will all be left to the mercy of the “market”.
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