Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion

Photo of Alice-Mary HigginsAlice-Mary Higgins (Independent)
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The choices made with regard to dairy intensification have impacts.

The choices that have been made regarding drainage have significant environmental impacts, including biodiversity and climate impacts, not just on neighbours but on everybody. For example, the damaging of biodiversity has significant impacts on pollinators and horticulture. All these decisions are impacting on each other. To pull rewetting out on its own as the example seems to me to be picking and choosing.