Written answers

Tuesday, 20 February 2018

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Waste Tyre Disposal

Photo of Margaret Murphy O'MahonyMargaret Murphy O'Mahony (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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464. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the regulatory system for the disposal of end of life tyres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8140/18]

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I signed the Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations 2017 on 14 September last and the scheme came into effect from 1st October 2017. I introduced these regulations to deal with a chronic problem with waste tyres in Ireland. These regulations enabled me to put in place a full compliance scheme for tyre operators, operated by Repak End of Life Tyres (ELT) with a registration and reporting role for the Producer Register Limited.  Under the new regulations, all operators are obliged to provide data on the numbers of tyres coming on and off the Irish market. This will be the first time that there will be clarity in this regard. It is mandatory for anyone placing tyres on the market in Ireland to join the compliance scheme.

The scheme carries out all regulatory functions on behalf of its members and is funded by a visible Environmental Management Charge (vEMC). 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 vEMC has been set at €2.80 ex VAT for car tyres and €1.50 ex VAT for motorcycle tyres. Setting the vEMC rate for agricultural, construction and truck tyres has been deferred pending the gathering of further market data.

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