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

On the live animals being back on St. Stephen’s Green, we will pay acute attention to the methodologies of that campaign. In a more serious vein, I think many good campaigns are on the way concerning climate change. We all in this House should be ambassadors for measures to deal with climate change. That is why I am glad Leinster House does not have as much manicured lawns as it once had. We could extend the wild garden element to Leinster lawn, all Government Buildings and so on. There is much more we have to do and there is new regulation coming forward from the European Union on restoring biodiversity, both rural and urban, which would challenge any lingering complacency among some Members of the House.

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