Mr. Dara Lynott:

I will outline the circumstances of how that decision gets made. The first projects have to conclude, which will set a scope. That scope will go to the consortium. The consortium will then think about the scope and how best to do it. It will then prepare how it will do it. That will go back to the evaluation panel. The evaluation panel will say if it looks reasonable or not and then it will go back to the consortium, possibly with amendments, and it will carry out that piece of work. None of this has happened.

In the tender for this supplemental work we stated:

The successful framework operator will be responsible for negotiating with landowners toi. Obtain permission to enter onto lands suitable for the installation of the additional monitoring points; and

ii. Use and have access to the additional monitoring points as well as making any payments arising to landowners in respect of losses-inconvenience incurred by them as a result of the operation of monitoring points on their land.