Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I would love to see the Marine Institute being funded to carry out significant research into the carbon capture capabilities of seabeds. I know it has done work on seagrasses and salt marshes but we need to look more broadly than that.

Is it correct that Ireland will determine what activities will happen in its MPAs rather than it being an EU responsibility? That would be to say whether there will be no take zones or exactly what fishing can happen within designated MPAs.