Seanad debates

Tuesday, 9 April 2019

Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed)

 

2:30 pm

Photo of Grace O'SullivanGrace O'Sullivan (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Yes. The wireless is a good way to advertise. The boglands are not just of importance to communities in rural Ireland, in Connemara in particular. They are of importance to the people of Waterford, my local area and also of international importance.

We do not have a definition of the term "community" here. For me, it refers not only to rural communities but also to urban communities in our cities as well as to the community of plants and animals that live in and on our bogs. A definition of community in Ireland would serve a real purpose because we have no such definition. In our last discussion, we talked about infrastructure and strategic infrastructure development but that could be anything.

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