Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It is important there is consistency, from the highest level of planning right down to the local urban area plans. I was glad Ms Ní Bhriain mentioned there are several other pillars to the nature restoration law. The entire focus seems to have been about farmland, wetland and peatland but there is everything from the marine and the aquatic to our urban environments as well. It is important to state that.

There was discussion way back about the creation of a wildlife crime prevention unit or a wildlife crime unit. That changed to a memorandum of understanding, working with An Garda Síochána and various agencies. The National Parks and Wildlife Service has had some great successes in prosecuting wildlife crimes recently. What actions have been taken in this regard and what progress has been made in that area?