Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Monday, 8 July 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed)

1:55 pm

Mr. James Nix:

On the Aarhus Convention, it has made a huge difference for us to be able to participate. One point I would make is in respect of the local government reform proposed by the Minister, Deputy Hogan, and which ties in with this. As yet, there is no explicit recognition of the environment there. Together with the environmental pillar, we have been pressing for express recognition of the environment in the committees the Minister has proposed. This would bring it into line with the Aarhus Convention and that is our key priority in respect of the Aarhus Convention, namely, to ensure those committees, which I believe are called socioeconomic committees, would have the environmental aspect added to them. We think that would be vital.

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