Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I understand. We are trying to regularise many of the things that are legacy issues. We did a great deal of work here trying to address the Foreshore Act 1933 and bring in more updated laws. One of the things that gives rise to concerns for people when they have lived a certain way and with certain fees and charges in a particular manner is that it can be frightening and upsetting when changes are made. We need to recognise that. As Senator Boyhan inquired, if the fees go up to €2,000, what will happen to people who cannot pay? Do we have a tiered payment relating to people's incomes as we would do in respect of many of the services we provide in this country?