Environmental campaigners want government action before summer recess

The legislation is crucial for help Ireland meet its obligations to contribute to the protection or conservation of the planet’s land and oceans by 2030.

Environmental campaigners say the Government must ‘pull out all the stops’ to get an ‘important’ bill to protect Irish seas and coastlines published before the Dáil’s summer recess.

Fair Seas, an umbrella organisation for a range of environmental groups, is calling on the government to publish robust legislation on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) before the Dáil pauses for the summer in mid-July.