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		knolan on Aug 1, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Plastic bag sales in England halved in past year The Irish bag tax has been increased from €0.15 to €0.44 over the years.

benj111 on Aug 1, 2019 | [–]

"Ireland: The country introduced a plastic bag tax of 37 cents on purchase in 2001"

So its talking about when it was introduced.

btb on Aug 1, 2019 | [–]

Similar to the current charge in Denmark which is around 3.75 DKK(€0.5) per large plastic bag

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