Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not know if the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications is the right man but we can come back to that argument.

Has the Department ever done a professional audit that compared the tonnage of plastics that have been sold in this country with the tonnage collected? Taking into consideration the good works that has been done by the group present and other private operators in the last few years, does the Department know how much plastic is out there? There are stories that some plastic is in silo bales and some has been stored. Does the Department have a figure for the amount of plastic that has not been collected?