Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion
11:00 am
Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source
In her opening remarks, Ms Jammet mentioned the need for these circularity principles to be integrated into planning. That includes, for example, pre-demolition audits on larger projects. That makes sense to me. I agree with the point that Senator Dooley was getting at, that if it is not in planning regulations then the tendency and incentive will be for the lowest costs to be taken, and this will be externalised, so it is an enormous cost to society, including as a financial cost. Does Ms Jammet see any reason why the new planning regulations would only apply to the public sector and should not also apply to the private sector?
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