Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is open to any committee, in theory, to have a query or say on the DMAP, or consideration of it.

On the Deputy's question regarding the instigation of a DMAP, each one would have its own separate public participation statement. Again, in the first instance, the DMAP is on a more micro level. The NMPF sits at the top of the tree, with the policy statement on top of that. We then get to a more micro area that has been designated for activity or activities as outlined in the relevant NMPF section or, for whatever other reason, the Minister may make an assessment on an application that comes before him or her. The Oireachtas will have to determine thereafter. It is on a more micro level and it then becomes part of the MSP.