Dan Boyle (Green Party)

It deserves better than a Greek chorus of constant sloganising. There are those in the House who are willing in such a debate and I look forward to tomorrow's debate as an opportunity to consider how we progress in that area.

Senator Fitzgerald also asked about the Aarhus Convention, which is in the programme for Government. It is intended to implement it as quickly as possible. There are four consents outstanding that need to be changed to allow Ireland to comply with the convention. Three of those are within the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and one is within the Office of Public Works. As soon as those consents are changed Ireland will be in full compliance——