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

This can only be a positive in terms of groups and NGOs, in particular, and their ability to take JRs in confidence that the legal costs are not going to be burdensome. That is what the spirit of Aarhus is about in terms of access to environmental justice. It is absolutely a positive. As I said, the regulations still have to be drafted on foot of the public consultation process, so I cannot anticipate how that process will be in terms of the engagement, what recommendations will come through from the public consultation and what goes to Government on that.