Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 March 2024
36. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a tax is to be brought in for tipping soil in landfill/tips in all parts of Ireland; if so, when is this proposed to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11179/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraA levy on the disposal of waste at municipal landfills, currently €85 per tonne, has been in place for over two decades. The purpose of this landfill levy is to divert usable material away from landfill, promoting improved segregation of waste at elevated levels of the waste hierarchy, with disposal being the least desirable outcome.
My department has recently commissioned a study to examine the continued relevance of existing exemptions to the landfill levy. The overriding objective of the review is to improve our waste performance and reduce our circularity gap.
Furthermore, as committed to in the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy, my department introduced a new waste recovery levy on the 1st September 2023 at a rate of €10 per tonne for recovery activities at waste to energy plants, co-incineration plants and the export of MSW for onward recovery. The exemptions to this waste recovery levy are also currently subject to review, to promote a circular economy, with the exemption for construction and demolition waste to be removed this year.
