339 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify, in the wake of comments made by the Tánaiste on the Order of Business in Dáil Éireann on 13 October 2005, whether a refundable deposit on beverage containers such as bottles and cans would be in breach of or affected by the packaging directive; the way in which this equates with refundable deposit systems being in operation in several other EU member states; his views on the success of bottle bills in several US states, and refundable schemes in the aforementioned EU countries and worldwide; the progress which has been made for introducing money-back bottles and cans or a related credit or voucher system following the raising of this matter by this Deputy in 2003 and the Minister of State’s indication that the matter would receive consideration. [29613/05]

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339 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify, in the wake of comments made by the Tánaiste on the Order of Business in Dáil Éireann on 13 October 2005, whether a refundable deposit on beverage containers such as bottles and cans would be in breach of or affected by the packaging directive; the way in which this equates with refundable deposit systems being in operation in several other EU member states; his views on the success of bottle bills in several US states, and refundable schemes in the aforementioned EU countries and worldwide; the progress which has been made for introducing money-back bottles and cans or a related credit or voucher system following the raising of this matter by this Deputy in 2003 and the Minister of State’s indication that the matter would receive consideration. [29613/05]

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