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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Bruton: There is no evidence that sort of leading by example has been a feature. For my last question, I return to the issue of repair. It strikes me that the whole trend has been towards shorter life – replace rather than repair. That has been the commercial model. Changing this will be expensive for the sector. Does the regulatory impact assessment, RIA, on this repair show the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Bruton: Returning to the issue of liability and insurance, if I go to a cheaper repairer than the manufacturer, do I lose the warranty and all that sort of stuff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Bruton: The WEEE sector has much higher targets, which we can see down the track. Is it possible to do it without an extended producer responsibility? One has to aggregate to get scale.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Bruton: As we heard earlier, there is no tracking of what happens after the material goes to recovery. We need to get quite forensic about what happens subsequently to all this WEEE material, including where all the various batteries are assembled and where they go. My worry is whether community bring centres can get us to the scale we need. If they cannot, how do we make the two things...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Bruton: In respect of the circular economy, we have to move from launching interesting pilots to creating an admiralty, as someone else said. It is not an original quote but the concept is valid. Two thirds of what we put into our bin is in the wrong place. We are coming from very seriously off the pace. I have a provocative question. Does success mean that there has to be commercial entry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Bruton: How would such a scheme be designed? Ms Downey said that of the 170,000 tonnes of textile waste being produced at the moment, just 10,000 tonnes are being reused. If we brought in an extended producer responsibility model, one presumes we would recover well over 100,000 tonnes. We need to see that chain being a quality chain. What model would keep the existing sector and the scaling...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Bruton: That is not in the scheme starting on 1 January.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Bruton: From 1 January, we will have a pilot textile scheme with none of the sorting and back-end activity. Is that true?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Bruton: Do the witnesses want to deal with product liability and insurance, just to explain the day-to-day grind?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Bruton: Are the witnesses worried about what we talked about earlier, namely manufacturers balking at honouring warranties if repairs are carried out through a voluntary scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Bruton: Is there an issue with parent companies stating that the warranties they offer have been destroyed because their products have been repaired by a community repair shop?

Protection of Accident Victims from Non-Consensual Recording of Images Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Minister of State and his officials. I certainly took those points in the manner in which they were intended, that is, constructively. I will go back and look at them all in an attempt to improve this and bring it forward to Committee Stage. This is exactly how this Parliament should work in terms of putting something forward and having a good reasoned debate and then getting...

Protection of Accident Victims from Non-Consensual Recording of Images Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jun 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Protection of Accident Victims from Non-Consensual Recording of Images Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jun 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 4.09 p.m. go dtí 2 p.m., Dé Máirt, an 18 Meitheamh 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 4.09 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 18 June 2024.

Protection of Accident Victims from Non-Consensual Recording of Images Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Does Deputy Lawless wish to contribute?

Protection of Accident Victims from Non-Consensual Recording of Images Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jun 2024)

James Lawless: Yes. I commend Deputy Smith for introducing the Bill. As an aside, the Ceann Comhairle has already referenced those watching from outside. It might be worth clarifying that though this Chamber is often sparse, many of us are watching diligently in our office, as I was five minutes ago when I saw this matter being raised by Deputy Smith. I made my way to the Chamber to speak on it. I was...

Protection of Accident Victims from Non-Consensual Recording of Images Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: Criminal.

Protection of Accident Victims from Non-Consensual Recording of Images Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jun 2024)

James Lawless: Criminal. It strikes me that there are a plethora of often overlapping and complex frameworks surrounding the capturing of images, be that video footage or stills, from the point of view of GDPR, the constitutional right to privacy, surveillance Acts and the interception of telecoms. We have had many such debates in the justice committee in recent times, not least on facial recognition...

Protection of Accident Victims from Non-Consensual Recording of Images Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jun 2024)

Duncan Smith: I have had support from Deputies and parties of Government.

Protection of Accident Victims from Non-Consensual Recording of Images Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jun 2024)

James Lawless: Let us hope that continues. No pressure, Minister.