Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Okay. On page 155, I will withdraw amendments Nos. 534, 538, 542 and 546 because I think there is a difficulty with the word "consistent" in the context of the national biodiversity action plan. It did strike me that in a number of places we use the terminology "have regard to", and that has been well discussed. In a number of other places we say "shall take account of", and in other places we say "consistent". We understand "consistent". Say, in the climate action plan, we absolutely know that all actions have to be consistent with section 15 of the climate Act. On "take account of" and "have regard to", can the Minister of State explain to me the level of scrutiny that has to be applied when you are taking account of something or having regard to it?