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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: Amendment No. 64 mirrors provisions that have already been put in place by France. That gives France credibility with regard to the EU discussions. If we really want to act, we must use every moment, space, power and opportunity we have to do a good thing and take real action. We should take that opportunity. We should not say we will roll the dice on the EU. I hope the EU comes through...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: My provisions earlier were too wide. I was told these were too general. I accept they were very general because I was trying to give power to the Minister and not to have prescriptive powers. These are very specific, however. They address all those issues of legal concerns in that it is specific policies. It mirrors legislation that is legal and that is already in place in France. It...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendment No. 64 should be supported. I am not going to elaborate further on my own amendments in terms of in-built obsolescence. These are also areas in which Italy and France have taken the lead and where measures have been put in place. What I would expect in a circular economy Bill is that we would be having detailed proposals on how the Government has decided to follow the French or...
- 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. 54: In page 23, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(e) electronic devices constructed with relative 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: I move amendment No. 55: In page 23, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(e) products which require precious metals or rare earth minerals to complete;”.
- 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. 57: In page 23, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “(3) In making regulations under this section, the Minister shall have regard to the methods of disposal of single-use items outside the State and the effects upon local communities where waste arising from the disposal of such items is processed or delivered to.”.
- 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. 60: In page 24, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(c) climate justice;”.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendment No. 60 seeks to insert "climate justice" as one of the issues to which the Minister may have regard when preparing the national food waste prevention strategy. This is particularly important in the context of famine in the Horn of Africa and the incredibly devastating impacts of climate change we have seen in respect of global drought and hunger.I will not move amendment No. 61...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Because Senator Boylan will not be able to respond, I indicate that the Senator is glad the Minister of State will provide a report on that matter. I would add we certainly cannot afford to wait unduly to see how things work out. We need to be trying everything we can. In terms of amendment No. 63, that is welcome. On amendment No. 66, I would add, because I do not think we will get to...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: That is useful to know. So it is adjourning at 7 p.m.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: In that case, I will come back later on those supply chain issues in terms of the issue of precious minerals, which are a fundamental concern.
- 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. 65: In page 25, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “Report on circular economy in respect of clothing 16.The Minister shall, within 18 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas outlining measures which have been taken to reduce waste arising from the disposal of clothing and to ensure the protection of...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move 66: In page 25, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “Report on supply chain due diligence 16.The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas outlining the mechanisms employed to ensure that both the circular economy strategy and the circular economy programme protect human rights and the...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: As seconder of the amendments, I will not reiterate all of the points that have been made. This discussion began when we were debating the Data Protection Act 2018 in the previous Seanad and that discussion has followed through to this debate. This is an issue of very serious concern to all of us in our group and we have engaged very actively on it, including in respect of the debates on...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.