Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not have a problem with that. However, it is crazy that something like this would have to come to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine for the Minister to authorise. It is an issue that could be dealt with by the local authority, subject to consultation with the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the other bodies mentioned here. This is not something that needs to come to central government. The Minister is seeking things to devolve down to local government and this is one of them.