Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My apologies, I had to attend another meeting. I had hoped to be here earlier. I thank our guests for being here and I look forward to reading the transcript of the meeting. I would make a general point that may be surprising to outsiders. I have been struck by the number of people I have spoken to in the past year who said that they paid the levy for silage covers and wrap at the point of purchase on the understanding that the collection of same would be facilitated for free. When did that concept change? Is there something we can do here? Deputy Leddin spoke about the scourge of plastic being left in the countryside in the past but I must say that in some parts of the country, I am beginning to see that again. It is really important that whatever we do, we ensure that we do not see waste plastic polluting the environment, entering watercourses and so on. I thank the Chairman for facilitating me.