Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Ireland's SIDS Strategy, Impact of Climate Change and Update on Development Co-operation: Department of Foreign Affairs

Photo of David StantonDavid Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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I apologise for interrupting. Would Mr. Gaffey agree that both the State and the global community are long-fingering the issue of sea level rise? There is a perception that it will happen in the future and will not impact on us. It is not being taken seriously by governments, the UN or anyone else. I am talking about the actual sea level rise.