Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed)
Conor:
I will follow up on Deputy O’Sullivan’s question. Firstly, Malcolm Noonan was very sound. He was great and brought some of our suggestions to COP 15, I think it was.
I completely agree with what the Chair said. We are really enthusiastic about biodiversity but sometimes when we get older we get less focused on it because we have bigger problems like financial stuff, kids and houses. It would be great to have national parks around places. Not everyone lives near a national park because loads of towns do not have one. It would be great because you could bring your family there. They could be instead of zoos. I do not like zoos because it is not a great environment for animals and obviously you cannot have a national park with a tiger in it, but you could have some of the native species and maybe some invasive species if they are not too dangerous. It would be great because you could educate your family and keep the interest up.
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