Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 May 2022

Committee on Public Petitions

Consideration of Public Petition on a Ban on Herbicides in Public Areas: Discussion

Mr. James Walsh:

That is perfect. If it works in A, it should work in B. It cannot be said that it does not work if it already works in A. With private users, the most important thing is, as a couple of people mentioned, public awareness. If a person goes into a shop with the intention of spraying his own garden, that is grand. There are no restrictions on that. If, however, he intends to spray a public road verge where people walk every day, a caravan park out of which he hires caravans or a restaurant beer garden that hundreds of people visit on weekends, sitting outside and lying on the grass, he should be able to see the warning signs in the shop stating that that is illegal, according to SI 155/2012. Once people know, the practice will be cut out straight away. It is similar to the smoking ban. People know smoking in pubs is illegal because the public awareness is there. That is important.

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