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- Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: ...and the lack of policy coherence. As I said, the NBAP is on a statutory footing. In some cases, the targets may seem vague. . This is not to say they are open-ended, but they are to a point where they are long-range targets. I think that monitoring, evaluation and gathering data in terms of their effectiveness and impact is vitally important. Members mentioned financing and...
- Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)
Richard Bruton: ...up. The discipline of reporting back annually is important. We need stronger institutional elements. I am disappointed that the Government has not decided that the biodiversity action plan, along with the climate action plan and the circular economy plan, when it comes back, would not be integrated and overseen by the Department of the Taoiseach. That is what we need to actually shift...
- Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: ...jump out at me and they are all under different headings but I will be parochial and look at Galway city. There is a fantastic laneway but everything in it - all the biodiversity you can imagine - is not protected. As former Deputy Joe Higgins said a long time ago, and I am using it in a different context, you might as well throw a sliothar at a-----
- Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)
Ivana Bacik: ...area of Dublin Bay, we are seeing real problems for our accredited UNESCO biosphere and the loss of blue flag status because of sewage outflows. Again this needs to be sorted. The Dublin Port Company has for a long time dominated plans for Dublin Bay. We are looking for the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to veto planning applications by the...
- Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: ...in protected areas and national parks. There has been a rapid uptake of the biodiversity officers programme. We are very close to having a biodiversity officer in every county and, by the end of the year, the set should be complete, along with a local biodiversity action plan. I am very grateful to the Heritage Council for its collaboration on this work. The National Biodiversity Data...
- Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)
Brian Leddin: ...in measures such as data and mapping systems for ecosystems and habitats to help inform reward and incentive schemes for the restoration and protection of biodiversity. The committee believes that environmental and social benefits, including long-term benefits, should be taken into account in cost-benefit analyses for public investment to encourage a more strategic approach to projects...