Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Where there is a direct pathway to water, they would be covered. This is why we must keep the science and this legislation under review. Under the REACH regulations we are trying to remove many of the polymers and plastics from any of these products and move to natural and organic materials where there are substitutes. There are such substitutes in so many cases. It is something we are trying to progress and not just in this narrow area of plastics in products. We are trying to do it across the remit of the entire REACH directive. It is something on which officials are working. This is something that must be done in tandem with partners. There is a timeline for progressing different elements under the REACH directive over the coming years so we will absolutely be talking about this in the future.