John Paul Phelan (Fine Gael)

I am completely opposed to incineration and was never in favour of it.

I agree with previous speakers who referred to packaging waste. Many of us buy products wrapped in four layers of packaging. Legislation was passed some years ago to reduce packaging but this has not had an effect on the majority of products. This should be addressed as soon as possible.

The Government has provided some €90 million over the past six years but this is not a major investment. In order to build on the achievement of recycling 30% of waste we must invest more money to build state-of-the-art bring centres in every major provincial town. I encourage the Government to increase expenditure under that heading.