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I commend the rapporteur for her excellent work on this crucial report. I fully support the aims of the Commission proposal in this area. We are all agreed that our consumer society is producing far too much waste packaging material and that various measures are needed to reduce the quantities. Recycling clearly has a major role to play in this process. Indeed, this strategy ties in well with the priorities of the Irish presidency in the environment area, recently outlined in Parliament by Minister Cullen.
I am pleased that the final agreement allows Ireland sufficient time to put the necessary infrastructure in place to deal with this important legislation. As an island nation with a relatively small population, we have some very obvious disadvantages compared to our continental neighbours.
Our location puts us at considerable distance from the main recycling markets and there are extra shipping costs involved. I am satisfied that the derogation secured by Ireland to the end of 2011 will afford us the opportunity to implement this directive in a meaningful way.
In conclusion, I also support other measures which seek to reduce packaging waste, such as targeted taxation suggested by the Irish presidency, for example to deal with fast-food packaging."@en1
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