Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. It is important that these issues are recognised. They have been raised in a number of forums with myself and a number of colleagues, particularly the piece on accessibility for people with disabilities. I welcome the fact that there is going to be engagement on them. I look forward to seeing practical measures implemented that address those issues. More widely, there has been significant coverage of the teething problems with the scheme, particularly in regard to international bar codes. People are having the experience of going back to the DRS but their cans or bottles are not accepted into the scheme. Will the Minister of State give us an update in relation to that? I understand there is an issue with the database of barcodes in the first instance, and that is being updated. What should people do in those instances? Will this be resolved when we move to the full suite of properly labelled bottles and cans?

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