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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It would have to be baled.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming in. Looking back at our previous meeting, Mr. Moloney stated that there are 10,000 to 11,000 tonnes of waste around Ireland. I ask him to break that down. In the Kerry-Cork area, how many tonnes are there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Who owns the plastic in the Walker Recycling yard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How many tonnes is that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: No more than 1,000 tonnes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I have counted around the country as best as possible. Am I correct in saying that 6,000 to 7,000 tonnes of plastic was transported to Littleton from Kilkenny?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What went?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: That is what has gone there. The IFFPG has contractors in Cavan as well. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: When I add up what is in the country, between the plastic the IFFPG is accountable for and private plastic, I am being pretty conservative when I say there are approximately 25,000 tonnes. Is this concerning?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Once the levy has been paid on plastic, be it by a private collector or whoever, is it possible to bring it to the bring centre? I am a contractor who works on baling. We have to get the numbers of the people for whom we do the work so they can bring their plastic to the various places around the country supplied by the IFFPG. It is a very good service. If private operators pay the levy...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Even though they got it from a farmer and the documentation is with it to show the levy was paid?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The Chair mentioned €38 a tonne. How much per tonne is the levy working out at for the people who import the plastic? How much per tonne do they give to the witnesses?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The Chair is okay. That is a valid point. What is the levy paid by the importers to the IFFPG for getting rid of plastic? How much per tonne is it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Farmers pay approximately €50. Is this fair to say?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: That is approximately €210 per tonne. Going by the figures I am looking at, with what the Chair revealed to us and with collection and baling, I have a good general idea. I do not want any figures from Mr. Moloney. It looks as if things went well in this country this year there would be a surplus from what farmers are charged when they buy plastic without charging them at the bring...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I know the figures involved if we had to export it. I understand it could cost €70 or €80 a tonne to export it. I know centres in the UK charge £50 to take it in. I know what it costs to bale it because I have done a bit of research on the baling. The figures are far more substantial than if we could do it here ourselves. Why would we be charging more money if it costs...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I understand that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Going by the figures I am looking at, if the IFFPG gets €160 a tonne it would well cover transport, baling, paying the gate fee and all of the other elements. This is why I cannot understand why we charge farmers. That is for a different day. The committee can look in detail later at how it is going for the farming community. We are having this meeting because we were contacted...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The day Mr. Walker came before the committee and spoke to me he said Walkers was turning it into green waste. That green waste had been gone for a few months at that stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I am speaking about recycling that went through the trammel as green waste that was not accepted because of the new EU regulations. Is this correct?