Seanad debates

Wednesday, 5 February 2003

Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed).

 

I was glad to hear Senator Kitt, and I congratulate him on his return from Baghdad. I know, because I had the experience there two years ago, how sad the pollution situation is that city. I was very glad to hear him give some praise to An Taisce on its green policy in schools and on the educational projects in which it is involved. He mentioned that it has come under considerable criticism for the number of objections it is supposed to have lodged. It was accused of objecting to almost every planning application in the county of Leitrim, for example. That is simply not true – it is a big lie. There were about 9,000 planning applications last year and the number of objections from An Taisce was in single figures. It is about time we nailed this kind of lie and I glad Senator Kitt gave some degree of praise to An Taisce.

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