Professor Anamarija Franki:

I totally agree. Sometimes it is a struggle that we have constantly to repeat our message because politicians change every two or four years, and we have to waste a lot of time and energy.

To respond to Deputy Cronin, I do not know of any specific place where it is working or any country that can show they live sustainably and have managed resources in the way in which we are talking about. We are all connected with those resources. That cannot be isolated. There cannot be one country that is working with something we all depend on and share, and degrade. That is why Ireland is a perfect example of an island where those issues can be presented in an exemplary manner to the rest of Europe and the world.