Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am glad the Department has abandoned the idea of the pilot scheme, which I thought was mad. I was in Cashel last weekend and I wondered how we could possibly get any sort of scientific results from it other than having some kind cordon sanitairearound the town whereby we would know that the plastic bottles used there would remain there. I am glad the Department has moved away from that.

Further to the agreement with Irish environmental pillar, when does Mr. Collins expect that research to be concluded? Given that we are all of the view that the legislation will be passed in Europe, do Mr. Collins and Mr. O'Donoghue believe that our current system could deliver the 90% target that the Department's information note indicates will need to be in place in two years?

Regardless of what happens in Belgium, does Mr. Collins believe the system here could deliver the more than 90% recycling rate we seek?