Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister knows well , we are in the middle of a biodiversity crisis. Globally, 1 million species are threatened with extinction. This is also an issue at home. It is easy to track the demise of iconic species such as the yellowhammer or curlew, which is at the brink of extinction as a breeding species, but there are big gaps in the data on biodiversity. This is best seen by the fact we know the conservation status of only 10% of our species. What are the Minister's plans to provide additional supports for the collection of biodiversity data?

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