IT hardware and WEEE

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14 February 2006	Environment	IT hardware and WEEE

Ciarán Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to include information technology hardware within the remit of a producer responsibility scheme in the near future; and if so, his views on initiating a wider consultation process than accompanied the transposition of the WEEE directive.

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. Roche): Information technology hardware is within the scope of the EU directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment, WEEE, and is therefore already fully provided for in the WEEE regulations.

Ciarán Cuffe is a TD for the Dún Laoghaire Dáil Constituency. Ciarán can be contacted at Dáil Éireann, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 or 96 Patrick Street, Dún Laoghaire Tel. 284 6060 or 618 3082, Fax 618 4341, Email Ciaran CiaranCuffe.com