Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am sure it is. I have the next slot. This question is directed to Dr. McGoff, who has attended the committee previously during our meetings on water quality. Does she think there is enough in this planning legislation as proposed to give enough protection to water quality, to our environment and to biodiversity? Are there ways we could strengthen it? I know we have a whole load of water framework directives and we have biodiversity action plans. We have all of those things but is it captured enough in this? Is there anything we can do, say, around tree preservation orders? We know the procedures for identifying, preserving and conserving sites of certain European designations etc., but we have those local sites of importance that may not be covered under anything here. Does Dr. McGoff think there is scope for us to do something within this Act?