Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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We have been working on this for a number of years; I am sure the Department has been working on it even longer. Our per capita plastic waste is twice the European average. We are facing a European tax system which may tax countries on the amount of plastic waste that is not recycled. This is not without consequence as well as being a local, environmental and transboundary environmental issue. Having done all this work on the issue, how does the Department intend to meet a target of having 90% of plastic bottles recycled as per the directive?