Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

This has been supported by a major package of Government funding. I have allocated €22 million in the past 18 months to support the delivery of more than 70 local authority recycling projects. This funding has been provided courtesy of the environment fund, which is financed by the proceeds of the plastic bags and landfill levies. This is an imaginative use of policy instruments by the Government to ensure that less desirable environmental activities fund activities higher up in the waste hierarchy.

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