Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Woolley. In the section on underwater noise, the policy is updated. It is quite a stringent policy that takes account of the impacts of underwater noise on biodiversity and on certain mammals in the water.

While it covers drilling, pile driving and various aspects that could contribute to underwater noise, there does not seem to be any mention of vessel speeds. The speed of vessels can have a big impact on how noisy they are and, effectively, how much this noise impacts collectively on marine life. Could we have a comment on whether underwater noise and the speed of vessels was looked at in the strategy?