The Fianna Fáil leader refused claims of a split over the infrastructure and climate fund.

Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman reflected on ‘tense’ and ‘difficult’ negotiations with coalition colleagues in 2023.

Greens ‘won the argument’ over the Residential Zoned Land Tax, Minister of State Ossian Smyth said.

There are now over 2,500 reverse vending machines and over 350 manual collection return points nationwide.

“I was amazed to read this. I didn't see that coming at all,” he told RTÉ radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show.

It comes a day after Eamon Ryan said he would be stepping down as party leader.