Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Again, I would note the subtle difference between maritime activities and maritime usages. The Minister of State read from the directive itself and maritime activity is a bit different from maritime usages. I appreciate his engagement on this and his good faith on the matter but I will press this amendment because it is important to put down a marker. Again, I thank the Minister of State for referencing those points of concern to me, including the sustainable development goals. Indeed, that is something I would have liked to see in our Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill as well. It would be no harm to put the sustainable development goals into more of our legislation because it copper fastens them and in that way we are not reliant to the same extent on the goodwill of individual Ministers in their consistency and engagement on it but so be it.