Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy has had his ten minutes and I have not taken any time as of yet. The Deputy will have ten minutes shortly. We just need to do this fairly. That is all. The question then comes down to leeway. So in other words, the question could be that if Ireland is implementing these rules in a too-strict fashion, is there leeway? Senator Ó Clochartaigh mentioned leeway earlier on and the possibilities of using special cases to overcome the legal parameters under which we can build these roads. Mr. Fitzgerald mentioned this road could have the status that would allow for it to be a special case. What would be the process to achieve that special case? If we are implementing it too strictly, what level of leeway is there and how do we make this a special case?