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enormous importance of the environment to all aspects of
our lives – physical and mental health, social life, economic
prosperity and sustainable food and water – by ensuring that
people are offered good access to green and blue spaces,
and that the Government, businesses and individuals play
their part in protecting and sustaining our environment.
What is clear from international work cited herein is that
a clean, protected and accessible environment contributes
significantly to the status of our health and quality of life, to
reducing healthcare costs, and to the successful delivery of
national public health policy. Accordingly, Ireland must put
in place the necessary measures to ensure that our natural
environment is protected and enhanced so that we can
derive the associated wellbeing and life expectancy benefits.
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