Paul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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It gets that levy on all plastic that is sold. When the silage season starts in May this year, people will buy their plastic. The levy is taken from the farmer when he pays for it, and it works its way back to IFFPG. That is May 2024. That plastic then sits around the bale of silage until next winter, possibly until almost this time next year if it is a year like last year. It then works its way back to IFFPG, which is sitting on that money one year in advance. Factoring in that money it has collected for all the plastic being used this year and which it will not even see until next year, and notwithstanding the stuff that has gone missing, if it were not for that year in advance, it would not have the money or solvency to carry on, based on figures we were given.