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
Mr. Paul McDonald:
On the Deputy's first point, certainly we would be concerned if material was coming over the Border, as we would be with any waste stream or any product. As was touched on, an enforcement brief is held by the local authorities and they would try to counter that. A figure of around 5% was mentioned but it would be a matter of concern.
On the Deputy's second point, the Department does not carry out individual inspections of any of the contractors. That comes under the approval of the IFFPG. It would recruit its own contractors and so on and that would be part of the brief of its system operation approval.
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