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

I have read it online but I have not had a hard copy. I prefer hard copies.

A framework is not a plan. My concern is that six years is a long time before we have a proper plan with all the public participation, the environmental assessment and, as has been mentioned, the marine protected areas. Why six years? Can the Minister of State explain why we have this figure of six years, particularly because the concern is that a framework is a little vague whereas a plan is not so vague?