Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister of State's reply. I would say there is overwhelming support among the general public for this measure. I would argue that many businesses are not pulling in the other direction. The business I spoke about in Limerick certainly wants to see progress in the area. It is just one example of thousands across the country that want to do the right thing and that are taking proactive measures. I look forward to reading the report the Minister of State mentioned. I would like to think that the vast majority of people recognise that this is the right thing to do. That 200 million coffee cups a year boils down to approximately 530,000 a day. As the Minister of State said, that is the lower end of the estimate. We need to get on top of this and move as quickly as we can.

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