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Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 14: In page 13, to delete lines 12 to 15 and substitute the following: “(d) The Minister shall, in relation to those sectors of the economy in respect of which targets have been set out in the strategy in accordance with this subsection, develop sectoral agreements in respect of those targets and to enable, support and, where necessary, require participants in...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 15: In page 13, line 14, to delete “, on a voluntary basis,”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 17: In page 13, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(e) The Minister may also set out mandatory requirements and regulations for each of the following sectors in relation to their sectoral targets, including regulations in respect of production process, materials and life cycle: (i) retail; (ii) packaging; (iii) textiles; (iv) electronic...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 18: In page 13, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(e) The Minister may also set out mandatory requirements and regulations for the retail sector in relation to its sectoral targets and the display or promotion of goods.”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 19: In page 13, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(b) actions necessary to further just transition and climate justice in the context of the development of a circular economy, and”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 21: In page 15, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(j) to assist the establishment of public-public partnerships for research and development in the area of the circular economy and waste management;”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 22: In page 15, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(j) to assist the establishment, equipping and, where appropriate, the operation of facilities which provide repair services;”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 23: In page 15, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(j) to develop public industrial washing facilities which support the use of reusable food and drink containers by local businesses and public services;”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 24: In page 15, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(m) to assist, support or promote initiatives to restore, conserve and renovate buildings in order to reduce embodied emissions resulting from demolition;”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 25: In page 15, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “(o) to assist, support or promote the work of civil society groups or indigenous peoples to support climate justice and protect the environment and human rights by limiting or regulating the extraction or exploitation of natural resources which may be exported into Ireland;”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 26: In page 15, lines 37 and 38, to delete “paragraphs (a) to (o) of that subsection” and substitute“subsection (9)”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 27: In page 16, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(15) Where a member of a committee established under subsection (14)has a material interest in a matter under consideration by the committee, they must declare that interest and subsequently recuse themselves from such deliberations.”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 28: In page 17, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “(ii) reflect the principles of just transition and climate justice,”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 30: In page 17, line 32, to delete “6 years” and substitute “3 years”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 31: In page 18, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “(ii) the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action,”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 37: In page 19, line 7, after “concerned” to insert the following: “and shall also have regard as to whether the item is constructed of virgin plastic or recycled plastic”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 43: In page 19, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(4) The Minister may make regulations to exclude an environmental levy charge on customers for certain single-use items where those items are required by that person due to disability.”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 53: In page 23, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(e) electronic devices constructed with absolute obsolescence built in;”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendment No. 53 seeks to add a new item to the list of items the supply of which the Minister may, by regulation, prohibit within the State. It gives the Minister the power to ban the supply of electronic items that have absolute obsolescence built in. Amendment No. 54 seeks to give the Minister the power to ban the supply of electronic items that have relative obsolescence built in. By...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I agree it is not adequate or sufficient to say let us talk about the EU legislation and EU levels. If we are passionate about these things, then we want to do everything we can do. There is nothing to stop us being a very active agent in EU negotiations if we also have national legislation. In fact, it makes us a more credible actor within those EU negotiations.