Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 June 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion

Mr. Niall McLoughlin:

Yes. That file was handled by colleagues within my Department. We will certainly be happy to issue the Deputy with a written response to his very specific question.

On the Deputy's point about planned obsolescence, there is another form of planned or strategic obsolescence – I will not mention any brands – involving sequential numbers of new models, etc. There is a trend in this regard and pressure is put upon consumers to have the most up-to-date model. There is work to be done by the Department, with its stakeholders, to push back against that narrative in terms of-----