Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I said, I am confident that Sinn Féin and no other politicians in the House will try to exploit panic or fear. They will of course do the right thing and give people accurate information, reassure them and explain to them why this system is being introduced nationwide. It already applies in roughly half the country.

In terms of mitigation, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Naughten, has announced already that there will be an annual support of €75 paid to people with lifetime or long-term medical conditions that cause them to have to produce additional waste, particularly when it comes to incontinence sheets and pads and so on. He has already announced that that has been put in place.

There is also going to be an additional fund for local authorities to crack down on illegal dumping, which is something that causes enormous and understandable concern for many different communities. Separate to that, there is going to be an education and information campaign and officers throughout the country to explain to people-----

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