Mr. Michael Barrett:

Quite the opposite. I have a development and a business that I run on the lake.

I am pro-development. We have some beautiful developments in Lough Ree and all over the Shannon. Any development done in an environmentally friendly fashion and with planning permission is beneficial to the local area and its people and businesses, including the pubs, restaurants and shops. I brought this petition because people cannot develop willy-nilly with complete disregard for planning permission. They also cannot develop on property they do not own. We have a situation where a development is generating large amounts of money. It is not in compliance with environmental or planning law. It is built on property owned by Waterways Ireland. That is to say, it is built on property owned by the members, me and by everybody else. That is what I am against. I am totally in favour of authorised development. I would like to see authorised development. I would like to see the two premises that I have mentioned getting planning permission, developing in an environmentally friendly way, and being beneficial to the local community.