Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Patrick Lyne:
I reiterate the point made by Mr. Fogarty that the Bill completely omits the 10% strict protection. It is not anywhere in the document and it is an EU requirement that 10% should be strictly protected. That would include things like no-take zones and no fishing, which need to be negotiated obviously. That is a very important part because it is probably what will protect biodiversity more than lines on a map.
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