Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Ó Donnchú for those words and for coming in with his colleagues in the NPWS We heard something fundamentally positive today in this step change that has been happening in the past number of years, albeit that perhaps the State is coming from a very low base. It has not sufficiently regarded nature and nature restoration. It is really heartening to hear of this change that is happening at the governance level but at the societal level as well. We should be mindful, of course, of the challenges. We heard very clearly that the path ahead is not an easy one but we also heard that it will be a very worthwhile one. Once again, I thank the witnesses for attending. The discussion we have had will really inform our response to the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss report, which is all about achieving a political consensus on how we go about restoring nature. This session will certainly be hugely informative for us in that regard.