John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

However, by their fruits shall you know them. I hope that instead of just talking about how good this legislation is, the Government will act upon it. I hope it will not languish on Committee Stage. If it needs to be amended then the Government should amend it accordingly and push it through. It will certainly have the full support of the House on that one.

Other Deputies have said the Bill needs to be amended and it does, perhaps, need to be fleshed out. One area I have discussed with my colleague, Deputy Cuffe, who drafted the legislation, was helicopter noise.

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