Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Fitzgerald, you said you visited the Littleton plant and the machinery there was not robust enough. The plant is not yours but I have two questions. There was significant investment in that plant. I was present the day that this project was launched amid much fanfare but, obviously, it has not operated successfully. What kind of capital would be required to make Littleton a successful recycling plant for our plastic? It would have a good central location near the motorway. It would be an excellent central location if the plant could operate successfully.

There is a second question I want to ask and if Mr. Fitzgerald wants to refrain from answering it, that is okay. Irish Farm Films Producers Group, IFFPG, had a number of good years dealing with plastic. While I can understand how private merchants have a stockpile of plastic in their yards, why has IFFPG stockpiled plastic? Why has it not taken a hit? It has collected the levy and in most cases, charged farmers for delivering it into its depots. What excuse has it for stockpiling plastic and not exporting it to one of the two plants that are operating in the UK?