Seanad debates

Thursday, 5 December 2002

I spent yesterday evening with Robert Kennedy Junior, an environmental lawyer from the United States, who was on a one day visit to Ireland. He asked what we are doing to ensure that we have sustainable development and if it is high on our agenda. I had to admit that I did not think it was high on our agenda. I ask the Leader to place on our agenda in the near future the question of whether we are protecting the environment in a way that we will not just inherit it from our ancestors but that we will borrow it from our children. I believe the latter is the terminology used by those involved in the environmental area? This matter should be placed high on our agenda in the coming months to ensure we are ready for the tax when it is imposed.

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