Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

This is an incredibly important point because we rely on Europe to safeguard our environment. When everything else fails here it is Europe that holds us to account. It would be fantastic to have something in place whereby we hold ourselves to account.

When we speak about balancing and getting the rebalancing right, nature has very few rights. Does nature have any rights in legislation? How does this compare with the rights of corporations?