Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I have tabled this amendment as well. Apologies for missing Deputy Ó Broin's contribution. Again, it seems like an obvious omission, that is, for the requirement in a development plan to prepare a strategy for conservation of natural and built heritage, not to include special amenity area orders and the identification of areas where such orders would be beneficial for the community or for biodiversity objectives. I would have thought that is an obvious matter that should be included in such a strategy and in a development plan. It would be a matter of considerable concern from the biodiversity point of view we just discussed in some of the previous amendments, as well as from the point of view of local communities and areas they consider important to them as amenity areas, which often have a significant natural, local or environmental heritage aspect.

The Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, is giving a commitment and saying he accepts the principle - if I understand that correctly - but he wants to align it with the Bill from the point of view of having tight legislation. Is it a commitment?