Mr. Jim Keogan:

It is important to understand that, during the process and once the public consultation period had ended, there were continuous meetings between the promoters, venue managers and State agencies. Upgradings and responses to issues and concerns raised during the consultative process allowed the event management plan to incorporate mitigating measures, thereby enabling us to give consideration to three concerts while bearing in mind that anything in excess of one was creating a new precedent. I take the Deputy's point, but it was only on the basis of trying to get a reasonable, fair and balanced approach that we considered permitting three, having regard to the competing interests, the legitimate concerns of the residents and the economic importance of such events to this city.