Mr. Seamus Dunne:

The way it works is that the district inspector is the licensing inspector for the area. For instance, Roscommon will have a licensing inspector - a district inspector - and such people hold the file. They will consult with the archaeologist if there is an archaeological site or monument present. The Department has in-house archaeologists. The inspector will get advice from them and will get an archaeology report and if that states one must stay 20 m or 30 m back, the inspector will co-operate. The district inspector is the person who integrates the advice, whether it is from an ecologist or archaeologist. If there is concern about the advice, there may be some discussion between the forestry inspector and the ecologist if there are alternatives in terms of mitigation but it is explained in our standard operating procedure that the -----