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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: Deputy Kerrane is more than welcome.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: We will go online to the Department. I welcome its representative to the meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: Is Senator Boyhan proposing that we should go as a committee?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: I thank Senator Boyhan, and call Deputy Claire Kerrane.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: I am sorry to interrupt. I have heard it said twice so far that there is a two- or three-year cycle of picking up plastic. I am a little concerned by that terminology because my understanding is that for the Bord Bia examination, you need a certified letter from your actual provider saying you have it recycled. If people were to store plastic for anything over the period the Bord Bia...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: I am sorry, the privilege note gives the company a level of security with regard to commercially-sensitive information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: Other members wish to come in, but I will briefly comment first. I welcome all the witnesses. This is the third time in two years to have the witnesses before us. Regarding the €3 million mentioned in the IFFPG's opening statement, the best way to describe this is that it is like a bond to be put in place. If trouble were to be encountered in future, this money would then be used...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: That €3 million is not there now. Can Mr. Moloney give me an indication of the current figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: What is the timeline to ensure that €3 million bond total is reached? When does Mr. Moloney think the reserve will be put in place to ensure that €3 million is there in total?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: Is Mr. Moloney concerned that in the so-called doomsday scenario there could be a potential that there is not enough of a reserve in place to cover what is there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: I will ask about recycling rates. Mr. Moloney has said there is a considerable volume involved. Over the past three years, what volume in tonnage has been collected?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: I previously mentioned an issue regarding the certification that the Irish Farm Films Producer Group, IFFPG, gives to the farmer when he or she goes to the bring centre. In respect of private operators, is that certification applicable for An Bord Bia? Has that question ever been asked?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: In 2018, the IFFPG had a scheme in place for tyres. It was a pilot scheme for picking up farm tyres and it worked for a period. Are there any proposals for anything similar or where are we going in that regard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: Is that through the IFFPG?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: I thank Ms O'Sullivan for that clarification. I will ask for the Department's view. A previous statement mentioned the tyre collection scheme. The pilot scheme happened in 2018. The issue of the end-of-life use of tyres has been mentioned and there has been an indication that it is an important part of the Department's remit. What is the Department's view in respect of the end-of-life...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: Good. Mr. Moloney, Mr. Dunne or Ms O'Sullivan might give me an indication about the board make-up, how it is set up and the structures within the board.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: I am. Perhaps Mr. Dunne would respond. How is the board formulated? How are people added to it? Who is on the board?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: The feed-in amount is obviously set at board level. Mr. Dunne has explained that retailers and manufacturers are involved. Am I right in saying there is more emphasis on the commercial side of activity rather than the farming side in the make-up of the board? Would that be a fair conclusion?