Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I suppose so but if we are to mention the water framework directive specifically as a consideration that needs to be accounted for by the new planning regulator, that will clearly deal with that broadly. We can talk to the Deputy about that but I am not in a position, in the absence of the guidance from the European Commission, it is really hard to know what we should be putting in.