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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (26 Jan 2023): Eoin Ó Broin: ...the better for all of us. The legislation is much delayed and many of us were of the view that it would have been better had this been introduced in parallel with the offshore planning regime, but we are where we are and we will work with the timelines in front of us. Many of us will probably have even more questions for the Department after we have gone through the three sessions. It...
Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019: Second Stage (20 Jun 2019): Eoin Ó Broin: ...the next stage in the process, whether that involves dealing with secondary microplastics or single-use plastics, in order that we might work together in a collective and much more co-ordinated fashion. We are where we are and it is a decent enough place. I would like the Minister to address the exemptions and the lead-in period that will apply after the passing of the legislation.

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