Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, has key responsibility in this area so he would be much better able to go into the fine detail. That first circular economy strategy 2021 has to be replaced with an update or a further iteration. That is set out under the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022. It has to include sectoral targets. My understanding is that it will come before the end of this year. It is top priority for the Minister of State. To inform that, a circularity gap report has been prepared to have a better understanding of the levers of change moving to a circular economy and the benefits that will come. The further iteration, which has to be delivered under statute and has to have sectoral targets, will come before the end of this year. I am conscious that the Government has a certain period of time. We are keen to get as many of those measures as possible delivered in its lifetime.