Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 15:

In page 11, to delete lines 3 to 5 and substitute the following: “(8) The Minister shall publish, on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Minister or the Government—

(a) the circular economy strategy approved by the Government under this section, and

(b) on an annual basis, a report prepared by or on behalf of the Minister on the implementation of the strategy and the progress made in relation to—

(i) reaching the targets set out in the strategy in accordance with subsection (6), and

(ii) the taking of the actions set out in the strategy in accordance with subsection (7).”.

This too will be a significant strengthening of the legislation to allow for an annual review and for the publication thereof, which was not provided for in the Bill as drafted. The amendment arises from amendments tabled on Committee Stage. It is a fairly simple provision whereby the Minister will have to prepare a report annually on the implementation of the strategy, the progress made to reaching the targets and the taking of the actions set out in the strategy. The strategy will have to be updated fully at least every three years, so it will be important that excessive resources do not get caught up in an ongoing cycle of reviews at the expense of making progress on the actions. It provides for proportionate reviews of progress on the strategy.

Amendment No. 16 seeks to achieve the same objective. I will press my amendment, inspired by the debate on Committee Stage.

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