Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to report on the salaries of the CEO and the directors of the deposit return scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43248/25]

Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Re-turn is a not-for-profit company, limited by guarantee and set up by beverage producers to meet their obligations under the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) Regulations. Re-turn is responsible for all operational and funding matters relating to the DRS.

Re-turn published its 2024 annual report on 25 July 2025, and the report can be found here: re-turn.ie/re-turn-2024-annual-report/. In the report, the directors present their operational report and audited financial statements of the company for 2024. The report includes information relating to director and employee costs.

Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the recycling that Ireland exported in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the measures the measures that are being taking to reduce this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43250/25]

Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The waste management industry in Ireland remains reliant, in part, on the export market to meet its processing needs for waste packaging produced here. Given the volume and grade of material collected, this is mostly recycled abroad for reasons of economic viability.

Notwithstanding these constraints, a number of measures are planned or underway which will boost recycling rates and make recycling on the island a more attractive proposition for investors.

These measures include:

• The recent introduction of our national Deposit and Return Scheme which is already delivering a separate high-quality stream of PET for recycling.
• Requirements for recycled content in all packaging under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and for PET bottles specifically (under the Single Use Plastics Directive), which should increase demand for quality recyclate.
• Requirements for harmonised labelling, and design-for-recycling criteria, under the PPWR, which should further help in the correct segregation and easier post-consumer treatment of plastic waste.