Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach. Ba mhaith liom fáilte mhór a chur roimh an mBille seo agus go háirid roimh an deis labhairt air sa Teach seo. Bhí sé náireach go ndearnadh iarracht srian a chur ar an mBille trí leasú ó chairde an Aire Stáit i bhFianna Fáil. Tá ceist truailliú na bhfarraigí an-thábhachtach do chúrsaí bia agus an comhshaol. Mar sin, is fiú an díospóireacht a bheith againn ar a laghad.

I welcome this Bill. Sinn Féin supports Senator Grace O'Sullivan's Bill on the grounds that there is widespread agreement that micro-beads are a dangerous pollutant. They pose significant risks to the health and safety of marine life and potentially to human life. In the short period that micro-beads have been contained in products for mass consumption, they have already caused significant damage to a number of environments, for example, at Lake Erie in the United States, which marks part of the latter's border with Canada.

Let us cut to the chase. We are all very aware that Fianna Fáil have great expertise in cosmetics. One can see that when one sees how well they are turned out every day here in the Seanad.