An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2022-02-15
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Jennifer Whitmore (SD), Wicklow

Why has the debate on the biodiversity citizens' assembly been wiped from today's agenda? The Dáil declared an emergency and a crisis in 2019. It has taken two years for the Government even to put a date on the citizens' assembly. The much-heralded review of the national parks is delayed. The much-heralded announcement of the wildlife unit shows that only one person has been allocated to that wildlife unit. When I raised this on Twitter, someone said “I hope it is Ace Ventura that is being employed”. We need to be discussing biodiversity in the Dáil. It is a disgrace that it has been taken from the agenda today.

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Sitting date: 2022-02-15