Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

That is accepted but on the other hand hedgerows have important environmental, amenity and biodiversity value. It is about achieving the right balance and it is felt by some of the environmental groups that this swings the balance a little too far in the direction of giving free latitude to do something that could be potentially damaging to the environment. That is why there is an attempt to put qualifications on that freedom.