Mr. Jim Keogan:

No. The regulations state that any individual - it does not necessarily have to be a person who is residing in the immediate area of Croke Park - can make a submission or observation on a particular event licence application. Certainly, the significant volume of submissions was a matter of discussion. We were very aware that there was quite a lot of controversy in the area and numerous public meetings had taken place to discuss the proposed event. It should be noted that the regulations are silent in regard to what one does with a submission. There is no requirement to acknowledge it, but it is the custom and practice of the city council, as a licensing authority, to give an acknowledgment of all submissions and observations received. On foot of that process, when it was drawn to our attention that there was an issue relating to 11 of the submissions - again, this is not a requirement under the regulations - we drew it to the attention of the Garda. We did everything in our power to ensure the system was upheld to proper legal process.