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.