Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

A lot more detail is required, which will follow through from the regulation and subsequently to the forestry scheme that will be put in place to enable this. The Bill provides the platform to enable that to happen. It also sets key principles that will inform the regulation and the scheme. The points the Senator has raised are points that can be accommodated and considered further. There will be opportunities for involvement through the Oireachtas committee system, the wider public consultation system and environmental assessments, to ensure the scheme that is put in place is appropriate and achieves its objective, as well as being a balanced scheme. I thank the Senator. It has been useful to have this engagement but I believe the Bill, as it stands, will accommodate the points she has raised. They will be further reflected on with much wider involvement and participation in regard to the framing of the final scheme.