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)
Professor Tasman Crowe:
I do think there should be some priority given. Wind farms are a classic situation where they are also to the benefit of the environment in other ways, so it is important that we do look strategically at where we need to make decisions most quickly and try to fast-track them, but still to respect the process. We do not want to fast-track them to the point where it becomes a completely top-down process and the voices that need to be heard are not heard.
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