John McGahon (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 43:

In page 18, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(5) In making regulations under subsection (1)in relation to a single-use item, and in prescribing the amount of any levy under subsection (4), the Minister shall ensure that any such regulations and any such levy are—

(a) proportionate, having regard to:

(i) the aims referred to in subsection (4),

(ii) the level of plastic used in the material contained in the single-use item or class of single-use item concerned, and

(iii) encouraging the best overall environmental outcome through compliance with, and implementation of, the waste hierarchy referred to at Article 4 of the Waste Management Directive,

and

(b) non-discriminatory as between producers and retailers of the single-use items referred to at paragraph (a)of subsection (1).”.