Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We had the first inaugural national biodiversity conference this year. I also introduced a biodiversity duty this week in Cabinet, which was passed and which puts an onus on public bodies to ensure they take biodiversity into account in terms of the work and business they do.

There is an issue in regard to biodiversity globally and not just in Ireland. There is a severe problem and we are very conscious of that. We are putting a huge amount of money into this, a huge amount of investment and a huge amount of initiative. I will take on board the Deputy's comments.

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