Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am looking at the photograph which I showed earlier. With all due respect to Mr. Evans who stated he is not anyone's keeper, while I understand the amount of work the Department does, many assessments are straightforward. Guidelines are required as otherwise we will have many more cases such as the Derrybrien case. An inspector will visit a site and arrive at a conclusion that may differ from the findings of a planner or farmer and someone else will visit the site subsequently and conclude that the land is ten times worse or better than the inspector concluded. One cannot conclude from viewing a photograph that heather is at ankle or knee height.