Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

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

Mr. Patrick Lyne:

Unless aircraft are flying very low, it is not really going to be a problem for whales and dolphins. I would have thought it would be more of an issue for birds and of having sensible controls on aerial surveys where the flights are low. I do not regard airspace as the biggest issue in the Bill.