Wildlife Rehabilitation Support Scheme: Motion
Seanad Éireann — 2026-04-29
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Mark Daly (CC), Administrative Panel

I thank everybody, including the Minister of State, for their contributions to the debate. One of the issues we discussed in the Seanad was having Mary Robinson come in and address us on climate. We worked with the climate and energy committee and it has agreed that we have that discussion in the Chamber.
The former President set us a challenge in the Seanad to be a voice on the issue around climate change and biodiversity. That challenge, set down on the 100th anniversary of the Seanad, is one that we are continuing because as was said during some of those debates when we had that previous committee in here on climate, the global economy is committing terrorism on the world. The way we have designed our system is, as we see, causing climate change more so and we have seen reports coming out of the European Union this week in relation to the rising temperature in Europe. We are all aware from the reports written by the United Nations and everyone that the cheapest form of protection from the worst effects of climate change is to stop a lot of what we are doing at this moment in time. We look forward to having the former President in the Chamber as part of that debate on the issue around climate change.

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Sitting date: 2026-04-29