Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 97 proposes a joint sectoral adaptation plan that includes annual targets to be achieved in the remediation of bogs that have been cleared, in whole or in part, of turf. The achievement of these targets would require State expenditure. The amendment is also outside the provisions of the Bill, which does not address specific sectoral targets. As I understand it, the Bill is the framework for those sectoral targets in law. The sectoral targets themselves, as I understand it, will be set later by the Government. As you know, I am acting under the advice of the Bills Office. They have advised me that the amendment should be ruled out in accordance with Standing Orders 187 and 212(3).