Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is all right. I only said that to make Deputy Ó Cuív aware. In his absence, Deputy Tóibín raised the same issue. We have the full support of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport on section 8 of the Bill.

Deputy Eamon Ryan referred to statistics. If 19% of our hedgerows are roadside hedges, in August only the road-facing side of the hedge can be cut and this is one of the three surface areas of the hedge. I said 2% but to be precise it is probably more realistic to say 6.33% of the hedge area. That is my understanding of it. We can furnish the Deputy with this information if he wishes.