Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I accept that this is absolutely a factor. The vast majority of people now have a habit of having a drawer in their kitchen with plastic bags in it. Before they go to the shops, they fish out some of these reusable plastic bags and refill them.

That is how it mostly happens. People can be caught short. There has to be some option for someone who is caught short, but we have substantially dealt with that problem. If the Deputy wants to make a proposal in respect of paper bags, I am happy to look at it.