Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The independent collectors, to judge from all commentary, have gone off the pitch since the move from the green list to the amber list. Then the Chinese gates closed and the price dropped. As I said, the equivalent of 2 million bales of plastic that the IFFPG knows about is out there, and that is for only one year. It takes only ten years until that adds up to a fully year of plastic. What action is the Department taking to remove that blight from our countryside and environment? That is the question I am asking. The bar, in my opinion, is set way too low at 70%. We clap ourselves on the back and say we have to do only 70% but are doing 90%. The problem is the 10%. I do not want to talk about 90%, 70%, 98% or 88%. I want to talk about the 10% the witnesses all know is out there. Where do they think it is, or what plan is there to deal with it? The independent collectors would deal with it but the IFFPG receives all the levy.

They will not do it on a charitable basis. What plan is there to clear the countryside of the blight of the equivalent of 2 million bales of wrap per annum that is accumulating every year?