Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I will try to take less than five minutes. There will just be one chance to reset the compass in terms of climate and the circular economy and that is as we start to reopen. In practical terms, will this happen? Will there be audits of enterprise to assess preparedness and setting milestones? Will more people commit to plastic pledges and 2030 climate pledges? How will we drive it on? I will take one example, that of the food sector. It wastes 1 million tonnes of food each year. That is equivalent to 3 million tonnes of carbon. That is one year of the ten-year reduction if we could get cracking on that. Two thirds of the plastic used is not recyclable. We could really strengthen Origin Green by having better sourcing and identification of the way production is happening. How is it going to be driven on in practice?