Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 31 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed)

Photo of Steven MatthewsSteven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

There are a couple of issues that Deputy Ó Broin did not have time to get to. We will come back to them in subsequent rounds of questioning. I note that the committee last week raised the issue around the four-week consultation period with the Department. It said it would look at that. I do not think, in respect of the 2030 targets, that extending the four-week consultation period to eight weeks would be critical. That is a good point.

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