Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will proceed to the next page. We will start with the environment fund, a clear audit opinion. This is something we might discuss with the Secretary General specifically when he comes in. Revenues from levies on plastic shopping bags and landfill of waste are paid into the fund, which supports the scheme for the purposes of prevention and reduction. We will not discuss it now but I am just asking that we be conscious of the fact that the account is a separate one in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. We need to ask specifically about it because it does not come under the normal departmental Vote. It is a separate fund. We always have to remember to ask about that separately.