Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)
Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
To follow up, I have a few further questions. The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland has found that more than half of Irish native plants are on the decline. How will this legislation work towards conservation? There has been criticism of previous planning Bills and the failure to define sustainable development and ingrain conservation in that. Will this Bill present a change in that regard?
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