Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The present situation is that they are the biggest user of materials and they have the lowest recycling rates. A rate of 10% recycling is common on our building sites. Is the Department saying its contractors must achieve a far higher rate than that? Is the Department trying to be a leader in respect of the climate plan? Is it using public procurement as a lever to get to best practice? It just sounds like it is sitting back a bit, waiting for EU legislation to come along and create an obligation rather than saying we need to spring forward here.