Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The function of this section of the Act is to place an obligation on planning authorities to prepare strategies for conservation. It gives a list of the various areas that should be considered in those strategies. I want to include areas subject to special amenity area orders but also to go beyond those that are currently designated to include identification of areas where such orders would be beneficial for community and biodiversity. It is to include that in the list of matters with which the strategy for conservation would deal.