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

There could be 10,000 to 15,000 tonnes of plastic around the country on which the levy has been paid. If you had 1,000 tonnes of plastic and 500 farmers brought it on their tractors and trailers to a bring centre, they could tip it without a problem and could give the figures attaching to the plastic. If, however, you have gathered the plastic on which the levy has been paid and it would be handier to handle the plastic, Mr. McDonald is saying the Department does not think that should be brought in, even though €160 of a levy has been paid on it.