Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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473. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the recycling charge paid when purchasing a new vehicle covers car tyres; if not, the items covered in this recycling charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49252/17]

Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the person or body that pays towards the costs incurred by car dismantlers for disposal of end-of-life tyres whereby the cost of disposal per tyre is approximately €5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49253/17]

Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the net value for end-of-life tyres, per tyre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49254/17]

Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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476. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the environmental management cost on new tyres is cashed in on end-of-life tyres; if so, the way in which this is administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49255/17]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 473 to 476, inclusive, together.

I introduced new structures for tyres and waste tyres on 1 October 2017 to address the chronic problem of waste tyres in Ireland, including a lack of consistent and accurate data on tyres and a significant rate of non-compliance with Tyres Regulations.

The new structures will be funded by a visible Environmental Management Cost (vEMC) of €2.80 ex VAT for car tyres and €1.50 ex VAT for motorcycle tyres. Under the new Regulations anyone who places a tyre on the market in the State for the first time, including the sale of new vehicles, is obliged to charge the vEMC on these tyres.

The market share of a producer who places tyres on the market in Ireland is determined by an independent body (Producer Registration Limited) which collects this confidential data.  PRL determine the level of the vEMC to be paid by a producer and, in turn, advise the compliance scheme (Repak ELT) of this amount.  The compliance scheme collects the vEMC and uses these funds to treat all waste tyres in an environmentally sound management manner.

Tyre operators, including car dismantlers, will have their waste tyres that have incurred a vEMC collected, free of charge, by waste collectors registered with Repak ELT.

The value of a waste tyre is determined by the means by which it is treated at end of life and is determined by the market for collection and recovery or recycling. 

The scheme will, for the first time ever, record data on the numbers of tyres coming on and off the Irish market.