Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Obviously, it has nature-positive benefits as well. Even from a leadership perspective, if it became more visible within our communities that public buildings had this kind of greening and use of nature as part of their design, other people would look at that and take it on board. There is a need to not look narrowly at these public buildings. These are community public buildings. If there is an opportunity to upgrade solar panels or whatever, we should take a more holistic approach and do what we can to upgrade these buildings as we go.