Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010
1512 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the involvement he has in the training of the Judiciary to build their capacity to deal with environmental litigation and access to justice under European environmental law and the Aarhus Convention. [33432/10]
View answerGiven the constitutional independence of the Judiciary, my Department has not had any direct involvement to date in judicial training. My Department is currently implementing a programme of work, in conjunction with the Office of the Attorney General, to enable the State to ratify the Aarhus Convention as soon as possible. Further development of practical tools to support the implementation of the Convention in Ireland will follow the necessary work towards ratification.
