Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I understand Mr. McDonald listened in to the earlier part of the meeting. Is he concerned that a witness stated he has 6,000 tonnes of plastic belonging to the IFFPG, and the IFFPG stated in response it understood there were 1,000 tonnes of plastic involved? Is Mr. McDonald concerned, in terms of carrying out the Department's checks and balances, there is a discrepancy of 5,000 tonnes of plastic on the part of an operator which was supplying the IFFPG? Have officials visited the IFFPG's different collectors to calculate the tonnage involved, given the Department was awarding the system operator's licence? I am an ordinary Joe Soap and one can argue as to whose product this is. There are 25,000 tonnes of plastic around the country which will cause a major problem.

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