Pippa Hackett (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

If it is being said, it is being said for a reason. I understand only five out of 90 people contacted or groups contacted responded to Mr. Boland's queries at the start. In a way, we are always very much in the dark in this situation. We do not have full access to all the information. We do not always have full access to where stock is being held, and for maybe the right reasons because people are worried. Maybe they are accessing it and they do not want to share that information.

Ultimately, much of this is down to planning. There is the recommendation to having a team of planners and those planners would work across multiple local authorities. It would not just be a number in each local authority. We are only looking at particular areas of the country where this would be an issue. Certain areas would require access more than others.

In terms of the area, our estimates of what would be needed would be about 277 ha per annum for the sector.