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KEY INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES<br />

Ireland has been moving from a government run monopoly <strong>of</strong> waste management<br />

services in the 1990s toward a privatised approach to waste collection and disposal.<br />

Forfás (2008) estimates that 67 percent <strong>of</strong> municipal waste in Irish regions is<br />

collected by private companies. 57<br />

Ireland has a set up <strong>of</strong> 29 local authorities and 5 urban authorities. These have been<br />

consolidated into regions for the management <strong>of</strong> waste, giving rise to 7 regions and 3<br />

independent local authorities. The regions are responsible for designing waste<br />

management plans in line with the national waste management plan devised by<br />

central government.<br />

In 2006 dissatisfaction in the waste industry led to a government decision to review<br />

waste regulations. This was welcomed by IBEC 58 who had outlined several issues<br />

pertaining to Irish waste management for several previous years.<br />

A review <strong>of</strong> regulations was required, according to IBEC, for the following reasons:<br />

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� Artificially high cost <strong>of</strong> waste management in Ireland (as a result <strong>of</strong> an<br />

imperfect market);<br />

57 Forfás, (2008) <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> Benchmarking Analysis and <strong>Policy</strong> Priorities, available at:<br />

http://www.forfas.ie/media/forfas080528_waste_benchmarking.pdf<br />

58 IBEC (2006) Press Centre: IBEC welcomes Governments review <strong>of</strong> waste market, available at:<br />

http://www.ibec.ie/ibec/press/presspublicationsdoclib3.nsf/wvPCICCC/2DE72CDC52A50B9780257<br />

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