Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister of State's response. Government could do more. I welcome the initiatives that are taken to encourage citizens. There is a great awareness out there among citizens but we could encourage citizens and retailers to put a more serious effort into tackling this issue.

I agree that education is the way to go. Education played a key role in the Reduce, Reuse and Recycle campaign a number of years ago. The children led the way on that. Education certainly is a good step forward in tackling this.

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