Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I apologise, Deputy. What I am saying is that we need to consider that given we have just adopted the new national biodiversity action plan, it is now on a statutory footing. It is important to look at the totality of this legislation and how it interacts with that. There is a hierarchy of plan-making in terms of the national planning framework, this Bill and, particularly important, local authority development plans. I have given a commitment to come back to Deputies on Report Stage on how we interact with and embed this. Because of that biodiversity duty that exists now for all public bodies, it is really important that we do that and embed this into this Bill.