Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 945: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to resolve the situation in County Mayo where agriculture waste is not being accepted by the landfill; the solution his Department has decided on to resolve this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15055/06]

Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 991: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an escalating situation where farmers have no means of disposing of small amounts of agricultural waste which is not being accepted by landfills; the solution to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15056/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 945 and 991 together.

These questions are understood to relate to disposal of plastic wrapping from silage bales. While the farm plastics recycling scheme has been operating successfully, I am aware that some difficulties are being encountered by farmers. My Department has been engaged in discussions with the Irish Farm Film Producers' Group, IFFPG, the producer compliance scheme with responsibility for the collection and recycling of this waste stream, with a view to improving the scheme to tackle these difficulties effectively. These discussions are at an advanced stage and it is hoped to finalise proposals shortly.