Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On a point of clarification, there was a case in Connemara where Galway County Council gave an exemption to put up a roadside fence, if Mr. Lucas knows where Ballinahinch is, at Ballinahinch Castle. I will explain where problems arise in the hills. Somebody then complained about the exemption through An Bord Pleanála in Dublin and An Bord Pleanála then gave a ruling that might have related to scenic designation, as opposed to SAC, that all those had to get planning permission. It is nothing to do per sewith the NPWS but it is to do with the integration of all the different systems which means that on the one hand, one is trying to keep the sheep or cattle off the road and on the other, someone is saying one must get planning permission. It all gets messy and one side does not seem to know what the other side is doing. We are getting these independent bodies giving us decisions and they are getting crazy results.