Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 20:

In page 16, lines 2 to 5, to delete all words from and including “2021;” in line 2 down to and including line 5 and substitute “2021.”.

Amendment No. 19 could potentially have been accepted. It might be useful, as this Bill goes to the Dáil, to clarify that the waters are incorporated in that sense because that issue must be clarified. This is not an area that is outside the remit of the State. The Wildlife Act very much sits within the remit, as do the territorial seas. This is again part of the raising of ambition that I was trying to impose in some of the other areas and which is entirely within our scope. Given the sustainable development goal on life in water, we should be aiming to strengthen that. Perhaps it could be looked at in respect of this.

Amendment No. 20 simply proposes to delete a number of words. I am happy to withdraw it for now and allow the issue to move forward. I should clarify that my amendment would have the effect of effectively widening the application of the Dumping at Sea Act.