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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: IFFPG collects 100% of the levy, but if 100% of the plastics are not collected, what is the situation? What is the excess money used for in that situation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: Of plastics collected in one way or another but not recycled, how much is being stored around the country? Does IFFPG record in real time how long yards have been hanging on to those plastics?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: Are those yards being cleared out based on the length of time plastic is there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: How many yards is plastic being stored in? Is the Department aware of any more outside of those it collects on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: What is the status of those sites? Are they operational or closed pending compliance with regulations or anything? What regime does the Department employ to keep track of that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: Compared with previous years, how much plastic is being sent abroad?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: Some 45% is recycled here and the rest is going abroad.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: On the levy, does the Department think the current payment system is value for money? Have other approaches been considered?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: IFFPG or the Department, whichever.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: Has the Department considered allocating a portion of the levy to independent contractors for their collection and transportation of plastics?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: It has been wrecking my head to think that us as individuals, counsellors, Government or any agency would actually hire someone and give them 100% of a grant or a levy and be happy with only 70% of a return. Outside of this situation, I cannot think of anything else that even comes near it. Deputy Kerrane asked earlier about last year and Mr. Moloney said there was an 88% collection rate....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: What was collected in 2020 and 2021?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: That is still another more or less the 10% that Senator Paul Daly was talking about so that was 4 million, along with the year before that is 6 million bales that are unaccounted for. The Irish Farm Film Producers Group is getting 100% of the levy. I do not accept what Mr. Moloney says that nobody gets 100%. They are getting 100% of the money. If I ask someone to build a house and I am...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: I know the target is 70%. This is where I blame the Department. The Department should not be giving 100% of a levy and asking somebody to do 70% of the work when there are other people out there. Mr. Moloney also mentioned that they had hit 88% or 90%. How often has that been achieved over the past five years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: I do not accept that 70% is acceptable in the first place when someone is getting 100% of a levy. That is 30% of plastic that is left out there. Independent operators are doing this and getting none of the levy. Over 2 million bales are being left there every year. When Mr. Moloney has replied, I want to ask what the Department is doing to ensure that plastic is being removed from the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: Is Mr. Moloney saying the Department is not giving him enough in that 100% to get the other 30%?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: Can Mr. Moloney not see the craziness of giving someone 100% of a levy and only asking them to collect 70%?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: He does not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: The Irish Farm Film Producers Group may be hitting a high target but 30%, 12% or 10% is still being left out there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Martin Browne: What is the Department doing to ensure that the remaining 10%, 15% or 20% is not being left out there and is being collected?