Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)

The Minister seems to claim that everything is fine. It reminds me of Saddam Hussein claiming to be still the president of Iraq. Ireland is at the bottom of the league when compared with other countries in Europe. One need look no further than the European Environment Agency's report which was launched today. The report suggests that of the 32 countries surveyed, Ireland gets the D minus in the environment league.

At the moment, manufactures and distributors contribute to recycling through Repak, which recycles packaging waste. However, Repak isonly paying for the crumbs of recycling. In Dún Laoghaire, householders that get——

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