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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Am I correct in saying that the Irish Farm Film Producers Group refers to the process of tramelling, where plastics are put into a machine, as recycling?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: So that is recycling, is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is that the recycling that material got?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What happens then? Is is then regarded as green waste?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Once it gets that treatment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have a question on plastics. The witnesses have talked about 70% and 80% of plastics being collected. What tallying has been done in respect of the plastics coming in from Northern Ireland? Does the Irish Farm Film Producers Group know how much comes in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I did not ask about a problem; I asked about a figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: So, the witnesses cannot say, hand on heart, that the Irish Farm Film Producers Group has recycled 80% of the plastics used in Ireland? It could be 50%. I can tell the witnesses that vast amounts of plastics have been coming across the Border for years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: So, as Senator Lombard stated earlier, we do not know the amount of plastics that is in the country in total. The Irish Farm Film Producers Group is working on figures that it has compiled with the industry. We are turning a blind eye to everything else. It is using those figures because it looks good for the organisation. However, in fact, in respect of recycling and the amount of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Irish Farm Film Producers Group is an approved operator. Does it have to tender to the Department every few years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I wish to make one final point. Mr. Moloney and a previous contributor both spoke about private operators. It was stated that they are in competition with the Irish Farm Film Producers Group. That is fine. For all the years when plastic was good and the private operators were sending plastic out of the country, the Irish Farm Film Producers Group was getting paid money to do nothing with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Hold on. My understanding-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: -----and correct me if I am wrong, is that when this scheme came out, farmers were to pay when they bought a roll of plastic. They were then to get a rebate when the plastic was brought to the centre. That never happened. Let us not be glorifying this as a great deal for farmers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Farmers are paying at both ends. I ask Mr. Moloney and his board of directors to go back and have a rethink about where they are going. It is fine if the IFFPG gave money back but at the end of the day, the farmer is still paying. Farmers around the country are being shafted because they are paying at both ends in this scenario.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: May I say one thing in response? That figure of 40,000 farmers is about one third of the farmers in this country. I wonder what is happening with the rest of them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (12 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 262. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the creation of an advertisement to attempt to recruit seven unpaid assistant psychologist roles within HSE services; the number of assistant psychologists currently working on a voluntary capacity within HSE services; the HSE’s position on the recruitment of assistant psychologists in an unpaid capacity; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (12 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 263. To ask the Minister for Health if the results following the review of the placement of a recent ad attempting to recruit seven unpaid assistant psychologist roles within HSE services will be made public; if the positions will be readvertised as paid positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24919/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (12 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 264. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will make an announcement on whether the current national pilot assistant psychologist programme is to be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24920/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (11 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the progress made under the National Broadband Plan to date in terms of connections completed; if the programme is on track with its targets; if the programme remains within budget; if not, if costs have escalated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23999/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (11 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of jobseeker's allowance, disability allowance and carer's allowance appeals currently pending within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24240/21]