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)
Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
I have a question for Mr. Griffin, who earlier made a very strong case about the importance of effective participation, not just consultation. That point was also well made by Professor Tasman Crowe earlier in the week, and he spoke about how well it has worked in other countries where communities propose areas and there is a bottom-up approach. Am I missing something? Is there anything in this Bill that indicates we are going in that direction? If there is, I think I am missing it.
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