126. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the difficulty small businesses are facing to comply with packaging obligations that differ in each EU member state they export to; if his Department is working on a meaningful exemption or simplified regime for micro and small businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on other EU markets; if he is aware of work being done to achieve an EU-wide registration (details supplied); the measures to prevent authorised-representative and administrative costs becoming disproportionate to the environmental liability involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65171/26]

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126. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the difficulty small businesses are facing to comply with packaging obligations that differ in each EU member state they export to; if his Department is working on a meaningful exemption or simplified regime for micro and small businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on other EU markets; if he is aware of work being done to achieve an EU-wide registration (details supplied); the measures to prevent authorised-representative and administrative costs becoming disproportionate to the environmental liability involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65171/26]

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1. 16 September 2026

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   126. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the difficulty small businesses are facing to comply with packaging obligations that differ in each EU member state they export to; if his Department is working on a meaningful exemption or simplified regime for micro and small businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on other EU markets; if he is aware of work being done to achieve an EU-wide registration (details supplied); the measures to prevent authorised-representative and administrative costs becoming disproportionate to the environmental liability involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65171/26]

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