Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 April 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion

Photo of Victor BoyhanVictor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am sure Mr. Moloney spoke about corporate governance. In summary and wrapping up, it appears that all is well in his organisation. It appears that all is well, and the Department has no issue. That is reassuring, at face value, after my questions. I am going away a lot happier, but again, until someone rings one of us up tomorrow and says something different, we have to take it that this organisation is in a healthy state. It is doing what it has set out to do. That is reassuring.

Could I ask Mr. Moloney one other thing before I wrap up? I would like to ask about IFFPG's ambition to increase recycling within the country. I am not bringing up plastics. There are major concerns about the amount that is on the ground, that was waiting. I know the organisation has logistics, and I know there are markets, that there is value, and there is money in muck and money in waste. Clearly IFFPG is a commercial outfit and has to wash its face at some point, so I understand why there may be delays. However, I think we need to move it quicker, recycle it quicker, and ultimately it should be our ambition that we should be able to recycle these plastics within Ireland. Could Mr. Moloney tell us what the organisation's strategic plan is to work in that direction?

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