Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have not agreed to anything. Well done, if you drafted and worded it yourself, Cian. I think is a fantastic job.

Being serious, I get the point that the Deputies are trying to make here around the biodiversity and aspects of the Bill, which are very important. We want to make sure they are right. I have given the commitment as well to look at that in advance to see where we can strengthen it. I should have referred to the Bill itself. Our definition, which I brought forward, already covers what the Deputies want but I am open to looking at whether it can be strengthened further.

Take, for argument’s sake, the example of hedgerows. I put in the word “landscape”, but the Deputies have proposed “landscape features”. What does that encompass? What is the definition of that, including hedgerows? Are hedgerows an example of a landscape feature? Is it many other things?

Are drumlins and so on included? To what level do we want to go? We will not be able to cover everything. There is no purpose in having a broader definition if we are prescriptive and try to cover every single thing within it. It is understood within the definition in the Bill that all these things are included.