Dr. Eimear Cotter:

We are in a difficult situation in that we are looking to license something that is happening already. We have to make sure that, in licensing existing or new abstractions, they do not cause environmental impact. Factoring that into the overall risk assessment, providing that the conditionality within the licence is as is envisaged at the moment, and based on all of the environmental impact assessment that we will do, which will be elaborated under head 13, this will ensure that we will be satisfied before granting a licence that there is no environmental impact or it can be managed.