Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 31 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed)

Professor Tasman Crowe:

It can, and to me that is really an important point. We have to recognise that and make it easier for people to engage with the process. We should take that as a challenge we need to overcome to make sure the voices that should be heard are heard in the process. That costs resources and time. One reason it has not been well done in the past is that the resourcing just was not there. It costs a lot of people's time and effort to design how to do it well and to actually do it. That is something to which we should give careful consideration.