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We understand that the Department wishes to develop a bare-bones regulation where the detail will be developed by the Minister and the Systems Operator in the approval process, but we need to ensure that this system is robust and future- proofed to ensure transparency, effectiveness and ambition no matter who is the Minister of the Department. The ultimate goal for Ireland is to move towards a circular economy and move up the waste hierarchy towards more waste prevention and reuse. This scheme is a good vehicle to start this transition and we need the ambition to move the industry and consumers towards more reuse opportunities and new business models that provide local employment and use or reuse locally produced material.
We have included more legislative language on various provisions of the draft regulations, which is included in Appendix I.
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