Report Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Current The bill’s status — click for what it means 26th Seanad The House currently handling the bill 104/2022 Official bill number / year
Ban on Dumping New Products Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Lynn Boylan · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 26 Oct 2022
- Last updated
- 21 Mar 2025
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Bans producers, importers and distributors from dumping unsold new non-food products; requires reuse through social enterprises like charities or second-hand shops.
- Minister gains power to specify which product categories (electronics, textiles, furniture, books, etc.) fall under the ban through regulation.
- Creates criminal offence for disposing of or deliberately destroying new non-food products to evade the ban's requirements.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 26th Seanad26 Oct 2022
- Second Stage 26th Seanad26 Oct 2022
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad5 Jul 2023
- Report Stage 26th Seanad20 Mar 2025
Debates
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