Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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I thank the Deputy. His first question was about CIRCULÉIRE, which is up and running already, as the Deputy knows. It has approximately 50 members. Its turnover is €1.5 million per year. We are analysing its proposal and I expect that we will have a decision on it by the end of the year but then it will take some time to ramp up. CIRCULÉIRE wants to increase its operations by an order of magnitude in the first year and then to move beyond that, doubling or tripling over the coming years. It has a ramp up plan but it cannot go from zero to 100 in one year. It will continue to work and by next summer, if its proposals are approved, it will be increasing its numbers and capacity.

The Deputy asked about the latte levy, which to be fair is not a latte levy but a disposable cup levy.