Sinn Fein to press ahead with plans to stop new bin charges

Gerry Adams says Fianna Fáil's decision to support the freeze on bin charges for one year, instead of scrapping them, is 'reprehensible'.

The Sinn Fein leader is bringing a motion to the Seanad today, in order to annul the legislation for the new pay-by-weight charges. 

Yesterday the Housing Minister Simon Coveney said any increases in standing charges will be monitored to stop customers being squeezed and that in a year the price freeze would be reviewed.

But Gerry Adams says that even in a year people still won't be ale to afford the charges.