Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion
Mr. Liam Moloney:
We have two recycling plants in Ireland, so we supply as much as we can to those two recycling plants. After that, the material at the moment is going to recycling facilities in the UK and mainland Europe.
On the Deputy's question regarding a contractor with an EPA conviction receiving a contract, it came to our attention after a contracting procedure, when the contract was signed, that eight or ten years ago there, there was a conviction for one of our contractors. It was quite a minor fine on the particular contractor.
The Killorglin yard is not closed. There is a little bit of pressure there in terms of material in the yard, but we are working with the contractor to deal with it and the contractor is working with the county council as well. The contractor has submitted a planning application to extend his permitted area.