Mr. P?draic Fogarty:

I thank the Chair and the committee. It has been a useful session. I will finish on two points. One is that the designation of 30% by 2030 is quite modest. It should be quite easy. It is not an overwhelming challenge. It still leaves 70% of the ocean that is not in a marine protected area. We have a challenge to sustainably do the things we are doing in the other 70%. The 30% should be easy. I would not want to overly complicate it.

I would also pick up on something that was said at an earlier session about Ireland potentially being a global leader. We can go from a laggard to a leader. We could be helping the European Union meet its global targets because of the marine area and amazing biodiversity we have. I hope we get this Bill right and that we can become that leader and maybe address some of the concerns raised today. Thank you again.