Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The reality of it is there was a 15 km buffer zone in 2011 and 2012. I dealt with it at the time. Everybody knew about it at the time and unfortunately it was not dealt with. Let us move on to the next question.

The monthly target for the licences that are with the ecology section has not been reached. Mr. Gleeson has talked about the number of staff he has got in. It has not been reached in any month this year. In actual fact, for two months we had 12 and 34 licences. I am aware Mr. Gleeson talked about the delay but some of those were coming from a few months earlier. Why, with 27 ecologists, was there not even one a month done for two months? Can Mr. Gleeson explain that?