Recycling Policy
Dail Éireann — 2024-06-27
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Pauline Tully (SF), Cavan-Monaghan

It is all right to talk about public consultation processes but if those processes are not accessible to everybody then they are not much use. We have to ensure that everybody is included, that they are easy to read and that there are accessible forms of consultation to ensure that everyone’s voices are heard.
The scheme in Demark, for example, has been operating for 20 years. It is very successful. It has some sort of mechanism for people who have their shopping delivered to return their receipts via Denmark's revenue commissioners or in some other way. Something like that could be worked out here. I am more concerned about the machines. They are expensive machines that are already in place. You do have to press a button to get it because you have to indicate that you are finished inserting your bottles and cans. I do it all the time. The fact is that the machines are inaccessible. I do not know how this can be addressed or how it can be ensured that all the machines are made accessible. At present, they are not accessible.

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Sitting date: 2024-06-27