Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

To follow on from that, I read recently in the newspapers that Irish hospitals discard 50 million plastic aprons every year. Nobody disputes that they are necessary and a natural part of the health service. Dr. Mary O'Riordan and her cousin Lisa O'Riordan of HaPPE Earth are trying to engineer a more sustainable solution to this with their aprons. Can the Minister of State point to successes in the public sector? What he says is right, some of the private sector, not all of it by any means, but some elements are leading the way and are ahead of the public service on this. Can the Minister of State point to examples within the public service where that leadership role is being provided? The public service obviously is going to be the biggest consumer of goods in certain spaces, such as the medical space. Are there successes that we could look at as examples of where the State is not just talking about the circular economy but actively pursuing it in regard to procurement and other policies?