Sir, - Retailers provide plastic bags, retailers advertise on those bags and retailers factor the entire cost into the price of their goods. Yet, the Minister for the Environment, Mr Dempsey, proposes to levy a charge on the shopper for their use and in a manner that will place the biggest burden on the "big family" shopper.
Where, exactly, in the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness, is this "tax" mentioned? - Yours, etc.,
Mark Duggan, Dublin 6W.