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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: That is a fair point. There are not many witnesses with us and I know this is a very important issue for certain counties. I am prepared to afford the members some latitude in asking their questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I will ask Dr. Steele to answer the Deputy's first question and then I will come back to him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: We might move to the next questioner.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Does Senator Lombard have further questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I call Deputy Mac Lochlainn.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I call Deputy Michael Collins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. O'Mahony. We are after having an extensive question and answer session and a number of issues were dealt with comprehensively. This is a hugely important issue for the fishing industry as we saw with the huge turnout at the protest in Dublin last week. On behalf of the committee, I thank the representatives of the SFPA for coming in again and providing clarity on issues raised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: We have resumed in public session. Our first witness is not yet online so while we are waiting, I will give an update on my visit to the Littleton recycling plant on Monday. Members have an open invitation to visit. It will facilitate everyone, but because it is operating a Covid pod, it can only facilitate one person at a time. There was a misunderstanding about that over the weekend and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: They expect to be able to do 25,000 tonnes at the moment and they expect that to increase to 45,000 in time. They intend to put in another line along with the line they already have. They expect it to increase. They are doing 3.5 tonnes per hour and intend to go on a 24-5 shift very quickly and then go on 24-7 shift work. They have plans to employ more people there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: They are charging a €38 gate fee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I was told they have a relationship with Irish Farm Films Producers Group, IFFPG, but they are open to taking plastic from any individuals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: It is €38 per tonne gate fee, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I do not know if they take it from individuals. I would say that they have to have a contract with an assembler of plastic. I would not say they would be in the business of taking a tractor load of plastic off an individual. I would say you would have to be supplying a certain amount of tonnage to them. You would have the problem of collecting the plastic and delivering it to them. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: New machinery has been installed. The old machinery was not satisfactory and it has been replaced with a new line. When I was there yesterday, I noted a significant amount of plastic going through. That is the figure I was given yesterday. I can only tell Deputy Carthy what I was told.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: They told me that they can currently process 3.5 tonnes per hour.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: The Walker plant only bales the plastic, it does not process it. The Littleton plant processes it to a pelleted form ready for reuse. My understanding is that Walker Recycling Services Limited only bale - or trammel as they call it - the plastic. That is a different process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: No. During my visit, I saw a heap of farm plastic on the ground being thrown by the bucket load into a big hopper where the water was squeezed out of it. It was not the nicest operation in the world to watch, but then farm plastic is not the nicest thing to be dealing with anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: As Mr. Walker is still not with us, I suggest that we move on to the Irish Farm Film Producers Group, IFFPG. Is that agreed? Agreed. The purpose of this session is to discuss the collection and recycling of farm plastics. We have been joined by Mr. Liam Moloney, general manager, Mr. Tom Dunne, chairperson and Ms Geraldine O'Sullivan, company secretary, IFFPG. You are all very welcome to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I invite Mr. Moloney to respond.