106. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his proposals to increase the amount of polyethylene terephthalate, PET plastic recycled in Ireland. [30328/25]
Topics / Recycling Policy
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsRecycling Policy
116 questions from 34 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 7 September 2026.
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109 written, 7 oral
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TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 5 |
| March 2025 | 0 |
| April 2025 | 2 |
| May 2025 | 7 |
| June 2025 | 3 |
| July 2025 | 13 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 10 |
| October 2025 | 22 |
| November 2025 | 13 |
| December 2025 | 5 |
| January 2026 | 7 |
| February 2026 | 9 |
| March 2026 | 3 |
| April 2026 | 3 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 9 |
| July 2026 | 2 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 2 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
222. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for the publication and implementation of the second Whole of Government Circular Economy Strategy; if this strategy will include collection and sorting targets for specific packaging materials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25326/25]
223. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for the implementation of the Programme for Government commitment to provide investment in sorting technology in Ireland’s materials recovery facility (MRF) network to improve recycling processes and rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25327/25]
224. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to elaborate on the Programme for Government commitment to publish a plan to expand producer responsibility schemes to take accountability for the full lifecycle of products including what the information the plan will contain and the timeline for the plan’s publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25328/25…
40. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if one hundred percent of Irish recyclables are processed in Ireland; if not, the percentage currently being processed. [22833/25]
41. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is any other plants or countries that process recyclables from Ireland; if so, the percentage that is exported. [22835/25]
42. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the body in place that checks the processing of recyclables at factory and plant level to ensure compliance with recycling regulations. [22836/25]
43. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are any recyclables that cannot be processed in Ireland; if so, where or how do we deal with these products. [22837/25]
11. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps taken in relation to EU directives on the circular economy vis-à-vis textiles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18061/25]
41. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the up-to-date position on the provision of the deposit return scheme at civic amenity sites in Cork county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17996/25]
97. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the regulatory system for the recycling of used clothes, the role that clothes ‘bring-banks’ play in that system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6794/25]
101. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for the up-to-date position on provision of deposit return scheme machines at all civic amenity sites nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6759/25]
90. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how deposits that are not reclaimed are used; what oversight he has over these funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4204/25]
104. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on measures to improve recycling rates of glass bottles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4830/25]
99. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in the context of a Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy, if his Department is reviewing the current policy; if consideration is being given to the need to develop further recycling and waste management infrastructure to ensure that recycling and reuse targets can be met by waste management companies and local authorities o…
75. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on behalf of a transition year student at a school (details supplied), who is part of the Young Social Innovators programme, whether a mechanism could be introduced on the return deposit scheme machines to donate all or part of the returned deposit to charity. [46562/24]