Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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I respect what the Minister of State is saying, but we would be very surprised if that were the case. What does compliance mean? We have seen photographic evidence of huge piles of plastic. Never mind how it looks; it poses a huge environmental risk. The money has been paid by the farmers to have this plastic recycled but it is not being recycled.

The other point I made to the Minister of State was about the producer-pays principle. How come the farmers are carrying all the costs of it? They are not the producers of the plastic.