Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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I drew attention to some practical initiatives undertaken as pilot projects in communities and where there was a co-responsibility with the community and agencies working on the ground. There were recommendations not to do with where a recycling facility should be located but with a buy-in in terms of changing people's attitudes, which is a driver in its own right. That is the point I was trying to make. Is it possible to move towards a co-responsibility model that would involve more than imposing limits and would instead try to involve people in developing a low carbon, sustainable community in which they could live? It is not only about involving schools; it involves everything from industry to the difficult issues such as public transport and so on.