Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have outlined the following to the witness. The advertisement was published in a newspaper read by very few people who live on the Inishowen Peninsula. Indeed, the local authority in the county and in other countries stipulates which newspapers can carry advertisements for planning permissions. Donegal is a large county and there is a great distance between Killybegs, where Deputy Pringle is from, and the top of the Inishowen Peninsula where I am from. There are 15 or 16 newspapers that cover the county of Donegal. A bit of basic research would have led people to realise that the Donegal Democratwas entirely the wrong newspaper to carry the advertisement. The advertisement did not specify the location. Legislation stipulates that the location must be stipulated. Only the shores of Lough Swilly was mentioned but the location of the oyster farm was not specified.

Dr. Beamish has told me that people have a right to lodge an appeal. How can people exercise their right of appeal in 28 days if they did not see the advertisement in the first place?