Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 20:

“In page 10, after line 37, to insert the following: “(8) The Minister shall prepare a review on an annual basis, to evaluate outcomes against stated deliverables of the circular economy strategy, including any relevant data on progress, barriers to progress and recommendations on adjustment of the circular economy strategy or other measures, including financial measures, to address any such barriers or shortfalls as may be identified by the review.”.”

This amendment is specifically in relation to an annual progress report on the circular economy strategy. This would essentially provide an update on what progress is being made. This may have come up at pre-legislative scrutiny. There would be a certain harmony if this report were to coincide with, for example, the annual climate action plan. In this amendment, we call for a progress report to be prepared.

Amendment No. 23, similar to the strategy that is already in the plan, proposes that a progress report would be published and would be made available on the website.