Mr. Leslie Carberry:

I thank the Chair. As I understand it, a planning Act was passed in 2011. The trigger for the requirement for planning permission for peat harvesting over 30 ha was based on a series of decisions by An Bord Pleanála in respect of specific sites. I believe, though I am open to correction on this point from Mr. Lucas, that those decisions were triggered by a request for determinations from third parties, in this case environmental NGOs.