86. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a copy of the findings of the interim review of H1 2023 of the IFFPG renewal of approved body status, as per the opening statement of an official of the Department to the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the collection and recycling of farm plastic, which was published on 29 June 2021. [34116/24]

My Department is in the process of conducting a mid-term review of the Ministerial Approval of Irish Farm Film Producers’ Group (IFFPG) to operate the extended producer responsibility scheme under S.I. No. 341 of 2001, Waste Management (Farm Plastics) Regulations, 2001, as amended.  This work was initiated in November 2023.

The review process has been comprehensive and I anticipate that it will be concluded in the coming weeks.