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

-----in terms of legislation, the funding allocated to active travel and rewetting our bogs. There are huge resources going into biodiversity now, contrary to what was happening before, in terms of the National Parks and Wildlife Service being established as an agency by the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan. There is significant work going on across the board, including the agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, initiative that has been announced by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, which will address climate, biodiversity, sustainability, water quality, farming practices and the remuneration of farmers to protect and act as guardians of biodiversity. All of that is important. It is important to bring people with us. No one was in any doubt that there would be significant challenges but also negotiations and engagement between the different sectors-----

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