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Thank you so much for your time.

That's Conor Pope, who's Consumer Affairs Correspondent with the Irish Times.

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Dublin City Council is looking to expand its ban on bin bags, but over 300 residents in Stoney Batter attended a meeting this week pushing back against the move.

Tackling waste and litter in busy areas has plagued many councils across Ireland, despite successful efforts being made against it in recent years.

To share their views on this, I'm joined by the CEO of the Temple Bar Company, Martin Hart.

Good morning, Martin.

Very well.

The Labour TD, Marie Sherlock, was on breakfast this morning.

She was at that meeting listening to the concerns of residents who are just worried about the cost implications for them.

There's, I suppose, as well, the infrastructure of the bins when you didn't have to think about them if you're using the bin bags.

But it's been very successful in Temple Bar, hasn't it?

The rubbish problem, though, isn't solved in the city centre.

I was coming in this morning and I passed two cases of bins that had been upturned.

And I'd say there were 30 seagulls at each place having an absolute field day.

It was a big mess.

So the bins will solve it to a certain extent, but not fully.

Well, the concerns, Martin, are around the cost, as I understand it, because at the moment it's pay as you go for the bags, which is handy for people when they're budgeting.

What they're being asked to do now is to pay a private company a fee, a flat rate, wheelie bin rate.