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

Nobody is disputing that there could, under certain circumstances, be a conflict between a decision to identify or establish a special amenity area order and biodiversity objectives. That could potentially happen. This is the point about the wording of our amendment. If an area is subject to a special amenity area order, why would we not want to conserve it? One would assume that the proper screening is done before such an order is made. If someone wants to question the order and identification of such a site, that is fair enough. If someone states that it clashes with our biodiversity objectives, then consideration might be given to removing an order or whatever. If an area is identified as one in respect of which it is right to have an order, why would we not want to conserve and protect it and for it to be identified in a section about conserving certain things that have been decided in the development planner as important to conserve? The possibility that these two things conflict does not negate our amendment; it just requires people to have both things in mind. That is a point which the Department might contemplate in its considerations.