Mr. Paul McDonald:

The IFFPG has said that it pushes to have as much of this material as possible dealt with in Ireland. We support them in that regard. We discussed that topic in detail with the IFFPG during the most recent approval process and its commitment to the circular economy. We have a proximity principle here. We try to ensure that as much of this material as possible is dealt with on the island of Ireland.

The waste action plan for a circular economy which we produced last September had a chapter specifically on the indigenous treatment capacity for waste material. One of the commitments we made in that, and subject to provisions around state aid and so on, was that we would look to convene a meeting of the various stakeholders to try to see how we could push this out as much as possible to ensure that as much of this material as possible is dealt with here in Ireland.

On the figure for the levy, the levy is the levy. It is collected by the IFFPG and it goes into the group's operating costs. It is used, as Mr. Moloney has outlined, in its operating costs in running what is a very efficient system. The target is 70% and the group has collected close to 80% in the last year.