Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 December 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Waste Policy and Incineration: Discussion

2:00 pm

Mr. Matthew Collins:

-----come back to the Deputy on that. A permit system is in place. Regarding the policy issue mentioned by the Deputy, the Department will commence a review of our national waste policy this year. The reason we are looking at it now is because the European package of waste legislation - the circular economy package - and some legislation on plastics are very near conclusion and should be finalised by quarter 1. Given the long-term context and the fact that the targets we will work to meet for 2025, 2030 and 2035 are going to be set, it is an opportune time to review the policy. As part of that review, we will take on board the information from the CCPC report and the issues it raised as well as the information we received from the price monitoring group in terms of charging for residential collection services. We are looking at waste policy as a whole. There is much to consider because a great deal of it will be-----

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