Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Jennings and compliment him on his informative presentation. Where does he believe the industry needs to go on the issue of a latte tax? Millions of plastic cups are being used every day. This is a cultural issue and their use has expanded rapidly in the past decade. Some say corner shops are making more on coffee than on anything else. It has become the cash machine in the corner. Should plastic cups be recyclable? Will it be like the plastic bag levy whereby one will be bringing one's own cup to a coffee dispensing unit? How would CSNA members work with that scenario? Has it been thought out? This is one of the big dilemmas coming down the tracks and it is only a matter of time before the area is regulated by the industry or the Oireachtas. Buy-in by the CSNA's members is key to ensuring it will actually happen.