Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 18:

In page 32, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “ “National Biodiversity Action Plan” has the meaning assigned to it by the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2023;”.

In this amendment, I seek to introduce the national biodiversity action plan to the definitions section. I do not have to tell the Minister of State that this is the fourth national biodiversity action plan. It is now on a statutory footing and has been legislated for. Long-term funding is in place so it can deliver on many of the actions in it. Does the Minister of State believe it is necessary, and I suggest it is, to insert in this section that the meaning of the national biodiversity action plan is that assigned to it in the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2023?