Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on correspondence regarding the extended producer scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6151/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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The Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations 2017 were introduced to ensure environmentally sound management of tyres placed on the Irish market throughout their lifecycle.

Visible Environmental Management Costs, or vEMCs are recycling charges for certain categories of electrical and electronic products. Currently, the Regulations do not impose a vEMC on agricultural, truck, bus, construction, and industrial tyres. The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy 2020-2025, however, commits to extending this provision to these categories of tyre to ensure best environmental management and the fair distribution of costs across the sector.

A consultation with the sector on the extension of the scheme closed in late October last year. My Department is considering carefully how feedback from this consultation will inform the final design of the amendments to the scheme.