Questions

166. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an update on the implementation of the levy on disposable coffee cups as provided for in the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60723/25]

167. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has assessed the environmental impact of disposable coffee cups sent to landfill or incineration annually; and if he will publish the findings. [60724/25]

168. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has considered the success of local reusable cup initiatives, such as those in Fingal, Killarney, Bettystown, Trim, and Wicklow, in shaping national policy on single-use items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60725/25]

169. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will introduce a levy on disposable coffee cups to incentivise the use of reusable alternatives, in line with international best practice and the provisions of the Circular Economy Act 2022. [60726/25]

170. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has engaged with stakeholders involved in local reusable cup campaigns to inform the development of national waste reduction strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60727/25]

171. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the timeline for implementing the proposed charge on disposable coffee cups; and if he will ensure that communities and businesses receive adequate support to transition to reusable systems. [60728/25]

58. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on plans to introduce a levy on disposable cups proposed in the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60291/25]

203. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in view of the recent figures showing that 1.2milliontonnes, 42percent, of municipal waste is being exported, and that Ireland is at risk of missing its 2025 recycling targets, if he will provide a breakdown of waste exports in 2024 and to date in 2025, by county, including the volume from CorkCity and CorkCounty; the principal reasons…

213. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the agencies responsible for ensuring that waste and recycling collection companies meet the obligations under their licences; the frequency with which inspections take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59606/25]

34. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if consideration will be given to exempting agricultural tyres from the extended producer responsibility scheme, as suggested by those in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53352/25]

38. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when a new waste action plan for a circular economy is planned to be delivered after the current plan is due to expire at the end of 2025. [53490/25]

9. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the public consultation on the feasibility of transitioning the waste collection market from its current side-by-side licensing system to a franchise tendering system; when the report on this consultation will be published; if in the meantime he will be acting on some of the submissions in the consultation; and if he will …

216. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of problems with the removal of clothes pods, where they have become hotspots for illegal dumping and are not being used regularly for the donation of clothes, as a result of the EU Waste Framework Directive, which requires each Member State to provide a segregated waste collection service; and if his Department will in…

220. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of tonnes of farm plastic currently stored in Irish Farm Film Producers Groups approved yards; and where in the country are they stored. [51805/25]

221. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of farm plastic that has been collected by Irish Farm Film Producers Groups from Irish farmers; the amount that has been recycled; the amount that has been incinerated; the amount that has been exported in 2023, 2024 and to date 2025, in tabular form. [51807/25]

222. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason Irish farmers have to pay a recycling levy when they buy silage wrap and also have to pay for it to be collected for recycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51809/25]

225. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide further detail on the review being undertaken by his Department of extended producer responsibility and the producer responsibility initiatives for the WEEE and batteries sectors; and to outline the scope, objectives and expected timeline for the completion of this review. [52126/25]

124. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when a new a waste action plan for a circular economy is planned to be delivered after the current plan is due to expire at the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49113/25]

149. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has engaged with the European Union or international partners on the collection and reporting of data which will facilitate the collating of data on the quantities of PET plastic which are recycled domestically and exported. [48878/25]

172. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the next steps to be taken in the process of transitioning Ireland's municipal waste collection market from its current side-by-side licensing system to a franchise tendering system; the timeline by which a decision will be made, either to retain the current model or change to a franchise system; and if he will ma…

195. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the annual tonnage of e-waste and end of life vehicles recovered since 2021, including copper, aluminium and steel; the tonnage exported under waste shipment rules, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47210/25]

300. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the creation of an urban waste management programme, acknowledging the acute waste management needs of dense residential areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43723/25]

215. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if any exception could be made to waste regulations for small scale café’s which would enable them to sell or provide for free coffee grinds to local community gardens as fertilizers, even if said community garden groups did not possess a waste licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38730/25]

224. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the timeline for the phase-out of incineration in our waste management system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39456/25]

227. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he is taking to increase the construction and demolition waste materials recycling rate in Ireland, which stood at 39.7% in 2020 versus an EU average of 78.1%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39459/25]