Seanad debates
Tuesday, 25 February 2003
Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage.
I have deliberately tabled the amendment to invite the Minister to reflect on this issue. One of the problems in terms of environmental protection is a huge belief on the part of the people that they are being codded. This is commonplace in communities because of the rapid increase in public access to scientific and technological information. Every argument on one side of a debate on, for example, incineration will be responded to promptly by others with information hot off the presses, and to the best of my knowledge, some of the information on both sides is distorted.
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