CEWEP Ireland

Lobbying Organisation CEWEP Ireland

Date published 12 May, 2022

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Environment

Period 1 Jan, 2022 to 30 Apr, 2022

Specific Details Meeting and correspondence relating to the draft Circular Economy Bill

Intended results To highlight concerns with the current drafting of section 28 of the Bill (waste recovery levy) and the potential for unintended consequences in light of the same.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Jackie Keaney

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

CEWEP Ireland (Jackie Keaney and Kieran Mullins) met with Cormac Devlin, TD on 28 April. The purpose of the meeting was to highlight concerns with the current drafting of section 28 of the draft Circular Economy Bill (waste recovery levy) and the potential for unintended consequences in light of the same. Draft amendments on behalf of CEWEP Ireland were provided in advance of the Dail Environment and Climate Committee review of the draft Bill.

Email (2-5)

On 29 April, Seamus Flynn on behalf of CEWEP Ireland provided Alan Farrell TD, with draft amendments to the Circular Economy Bill in order to highlight concerns with the current drafting of section 28 of the Bill (waste recovery levy) and the potential for unintended consequences in light of the same. The purpose of this communication was to ascertain if the proposed amendments could be tabled in Seanad Eireann following examination of the Bill by the Dail Environment and Climate Committee.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Cormac Devlin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Farrell TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)