Dáil debates

Wednesday, 21 April 2021

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

 

1:35 pm

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for raising this very important issue and key priority for the Government, namely, the challenge of climate. Tomorrow is Earth Day and we can all do our bit. The Ceann Comhairle may look with fondness at the wild garden in the back lawn of Leinster House. I walked by it yesterday, just to have a look. I wrote to the Ceann Comhairle about this when in opposition. It has come on in leaps and bounds and is a very pleasurable sight. It illustrates the incremental steps we can collectively take to restore biodiversity and prevent its continued destruction and achieve more broadly our climate change agenda.

On the UN Security Council, Ireland has identified climate change as a significant security issue but also something that requires a global response. It is good to see countries, including our own, significantly increasing objectives and targets on this. It will be challenging but it is necessary for the generations to come.

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