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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)
Paul Murphy: To start with the deposit return scheme, does the Minister of State agree that it does not really deal with the fundamental issue which is that we need to stop single-use plastics? It is better than them going into landfill or being incinerated - there is no question about it - but to shred the bottles and turn them back into bottles requires the use of a great deal of energy involving...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)
Paul Murphy: The deposit return scheme we opted gone for is in contrast to the one in Germany, for example, where there are two Pfand systems. There is a higher Pfand system and a lower Pfand system. The higher one involves reusable bottles going back into the machine. They are not shredded, turned back into bottles and used again; they are refilled. Our system is purely one of shred bottles and then...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)
Paul Murphy: If the Minister of State wants to see more reuse, why do we not have, even at a minimum level, a two-tier deposit return system whereby we have reusable bottles accepted that are reused that are not shredded and turned into different bottles? If that is what the Minister of State says he wants to do, why has he not done it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)
Paul Murphy: The Minister of State agrees in general that there should be a ban on single-use plastics.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)
Paul Murphy: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)
Paul Murphy: Not tomorrow, obviously, but should we move towards a ban?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)
Paul Murphy: The Minister of State is not doing it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)
Paul Murphy: Go on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)
Paul Murphy: Is the slogan not "reduce, reuse, recycle"? It kind of puts them all as being equally part of the solution. Is that not part of the problem? Recycling is ultimately not the solution; the solution is reduction and reuse. I do not know if the Minister of State saw the recent report from Britain on microplastics being released by the process of recycling. Recycling, while better than...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)
Paul Murphy: People who are older than me will remember a time when they could buy fizzy drinks in a glass bottle and precisely bring them back and get them filled again. Is that not what we need to be doing? Water is one thing. People should all have reusable water containers and it is good to see the spread of fountains around the place, but we need to have that happening with other drinks. Does the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)
Paul Murphy: The Minister of State is probably slightly older than me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)
Paul Murphy: I have a final question regarding the frustrations many people feel about the return machines. It is remarkable that this comes up when we are out canvassing. People are very frustrated because they arrive back to the shop with their bags full of bottles, having perhaps travelled on the bus rather than in a car, and the machine is broken when they are also meant to pick up shopping. It is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)
Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister of State.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Agreements (25 Apr 2024)
Neale Richmond: I will restate a few points. I acknowledge that the reports were made by a UN committee. The Government also has a position. We cannot always take everything as read. On the process and the vote the Deputy mentioned, I will provide exact clarity. It is important to recall that Ireland signed up to the OECD two-pillar solution in October 2021. We intend to follow through on our...
- Report on Politically Exposed Persons: Motion (25 Apr 2024)
- Report on Politically Exposed Persons: Motion (25 Apr 2024)
John McGuinness: I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, and Reform, and Taoiseach entitled "Report on Politically Exposed Persons", copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 13th December, 2023. I thank members of the committee and all those who appeared before us, including departmental officials, to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Agreements (25 Apr 2024)
International Agreements
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Agreements (25 Apr 2024)
Joan Collins: I note that the Minister for Finance is not in the Chamber.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Agreements (25 Apr 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: No, he is not.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Agreements (25 Apr 2024)
Joan Collins: Can I defer it?