Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion

Mr. Paul O'Brien:

I thank the Chair. There was a direct reference there to COPA-COGECA. In all fairness, at the time, when that person from COPA-COGECA presented to the committee here, it was with all honesty, and he corrected the record very quickly after. There are over 2,000 amendments, Senator Boylan, to the discussions in Europe between the committees. The reality is that it is a very movable place at the moment. We have always been working in vagueness, or a knowledge deficit, all along. This continues to be the case. It is going to be another couple of months before we know exactly what this looks like, so I think the Senator should be able to forgive the vagueness at the time.