Mr. Colm Hayes:

Again we are straying into policy here but I can reiterate what the Minister has said, which is that it looks like that would not be legally possible under EU environmental regulations in particular. We cannot just set aside environmental regulations because there is a backlog. I am really only repeating what the Minister has said on the issue. It does not look to be legally feasible in the Department's view and the Minister has conveyed that to some stakeholders already.