Ms Maria Graham:

The directives tend to be at a broad level and the spatial implications of them are taken into account at a national level. It is about how they apply, in any national area, the implications of the environmental assessment. That can relate to different topographies, geographical areas and population dispersion. Similar to the planning Acts, the directives that influence planning are around the process and how these issues are surfaced, how the public participate in them and how they are dealt with rather than being prescriptive. Let me just check with Mr. Ryan on whether he would agree with that.