Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I agree with the Minister. Everybody accepts the difficulties that we face regarding plastic, waste and climate change. As a result, we all accept the necessary moves that must be made. It concerns the timeline. I welcome the fact that the Minister has spoken about supports and that the Department is looking at alternatives. I call on him to engage with those people who have contacted me. I would be only too willing to pass on their information. It is about reaching some sort of interim solution for them in order that maize production is not affected and we get to a better place with better alternatives. We would all be happier with that, including those people who have made contact with me. Again, the difficulty is that some of them have put a serious amount of money into new plant and were unaware that this was going to affect their business.

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