Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

To start with the deposit return scheme, does the Minister of State agree that it does not really deal with the fundamental issue which is that we need to stop single-use plastics? It is better than them going into landfill or being incinerated - there is no question about it - but to shred the bottles and turn them back into bottles requires the use of a great deal of energy involving carbon emissions that could be used for something socially useful. The issue is that we need to get away from single-use plastics.