Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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271. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that Ireland paid into the EU unrecycled plastic packaging levy in 2020 and 2021; and if the moneys came from the central budget and not from the packaging producers. [8349/22]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As part of the overall agreement on the Post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and Next Generation EU (NGEU), EU leaders also made a number of changes to the current system of own resources, including the introduction of a plastic-based contribution based on non-recycled plastic packaging.

The plastic-based contribution is calculated on the weight of non-recycled plastic packaging waste with a call rate of €0.80 per kilogram. No contribution was paid in 2020, as the contribution was only introduced in 2021. In 2021, Ireland’s plastic-based contribution was €146 million.

The contribution is paid from the Central Fund of the Exchequer, in the same way as other own resources. At this time, it is not planned to apply a tax to any sector based on non-recycled plastic.