Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity to be convened this year

Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan TD, said: “We’ve got a long way to go to alleviate the threats and pressures on biodiversity in Ireland." File photo

A proposal to convene the long-awaited Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity will be brought before Cabinet shortly, the Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed.

Environmental campaigners have previously expressed frustration that the Citizens’ Assembly still wasn’t called after being first raised in 2019 - the same year the government declared a climate and biodiversity emergency.