Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 October 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed)
Dr. Geraldine Brennan:
I will be honest. It is not an area I am familiar with, but I can look into it and come back to the committee with a position. Again, the idea is to try to incentivise the use of secondary raw materials, meaning those materials that either have been through the economy once or are production residues from a process involving material substitutes. Deputy Bruton spoke about internalising those externalities. I think there will be a response from the markets because that is fundamentally how markets work. As for the cross-border adjustment, I would need to come back to the committee.
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