Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not sure it is clear that it has no Exchequer implications, but if it does, the Oireachtas will seek a money message. I am not sure if it has done it yet, but if it determines that it has Exchequer implications, it will have to seek a money message. I am not sure if that has been done and will have to check.

Like the Government, I welcome the proposals from the European Commission that were published yesterday. They are very much in line with our own thinking and what we want to do as a Government in the next couple of years to reduce the amount of plastic waste and make sure more plastic is recycled. It makes sense, because of the Single Market, that we do this on a Europe-wide basis and not have different laws in different countries at different times.

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