Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his predecessor supported the 90% separate collection target by 2025 for plastic beverage bottles contained in Article 9 of the single-use plastics directive at European Council meetings. [5879/19]

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amendments tabled at European Council meetings on the proposal for a directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment regarding Article 9 of the single-use plastics directive. [5880/19]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 173 together.

Ireland has fully supported the ambition of the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment from the outset, including the 90% collection target contained in Article 9. Ireland tabled no amendments to Article 9 of the Proposal for a Directive.