Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We are giving very significant powers to the director and the agency. It is appropriate and necessary that where they may use those powers is delineated by a map to be brought forward in the initial proposal. That map can be changed. As the Deputy indicated, if attention is brought to a site extending further, the director may inform the Minister and the map may be changed by a subsequent decision of Government. The initial map is not an absolute barrier to further work taking place. Considering the very significant powers the director has, there must be some sense of where the director is or is not entitled to exercise these significant powers.