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- Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: ...from the NBAP. This represents a sea change from where we were a couple of years ago and it is to be welcomed. I agree wholeheartedly with Deputy Whitmore about what the State can do on its own land and specifically about the remit of Coillte and Bord na Móna. There is no doubt that the conservation measures programme on State lands is prioritising peatlands and woodland...
- Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)
Richard Bruton: ...authority was found by the EPA to be fully effective. Despite multiple strategies, the impact on our heritage is hugely damaging. Some 46% of habitats are in deterioration, there is damage to wetlands and the number of pristine rivers has reduced from 510 to 32. On the other hand, the potential gains from rebalancing this are huge and far in excess of the investments made. That is...
- Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)
Paul Murphy: ...in wildlife populations over the past 50 years with extinction now threatening a quarter of all of Earth's species, 40% of amphibians, one third of marine mammals and 10% of insect species. In Ireland, 63% of our wild bird species have a red or amber status and 85% of supposedly EU-protected habitats have bad or inadequate status. Europe is a disaster and biodiversity in Ireland is at...
- Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)
Jennifer Whitmore: ...in both reports align very closely and I will refer specifically to a number of them. One that I have raised previously with the Minister of State is the need for the State to do what it can on its own lands. As the largest owner of lands in the country, the State needs to lead. It is particularly important - this was raised in both reports - that the remits of Coillte and Bord na...
- Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: ...and blanket bog restoration. We are also targeting our work on invasive and problematic species; legislating to update existing invasive species laws; developing a new national management plan and biosecurity protocols; growing all-island co-operation; and resourcing and implementing on-the-ground actions to control, manage and, where possible or feasible, eradicate those species...
- Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)
Brian Leddin: ...this State and outside it as well and we are very appreciative of them giving their time and expertise to us. The committee's report sets out recommendations to Government which members feel are vital to ensuring the biodiversity crisis in Ireland is addressed in a meaningful way. Our report contains 86 recommendations and I will present not a summary but a good selection to the House....