Meetings

Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

Meeting on 14 May 2022

11:20 am    Introduction by Chairperson, Dr. Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin  [Speech]

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The Biodiversity Crisis

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11:30 am    Video presentation by Professor Robert Watson  [Presentation] 

11:50 am    Roundtable discussion (private session)

12:25 pm   Q & A with the Expert Advisory Group

12:45 pm    Lunch

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Introducing Biodiversity in Ireland

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1:45 pm     This is Ireland 

1:50 pm     Introduction to the Biodiversity exercise, Dr Micheál Ó Cinneide

Roundtable discussion (private session)

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2:20 pm     Ireland’s Land Biodiversity

Dr. Ferdia Marnell, NPWS  [Presentation]

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Ireland’s Marine Biodiversity

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Prof. Tasman Crowe, UCD  [Presentation]

2:50 pm     What does Biodiversity do for us in Ireland?

Prof. Jane Stout, TCD  [Presentation]

3:05 pm     Q & A 

3:20 pm     Roundtable Discussion (private session)

3:50 pm     ‘Look at Nature Around You’ Ella McSweeney, RTE

4:00 pm           Conclusion by Chairperson