Ms Nina Murray:

Yes. As regards the geo-physical surveying, a large number of applications is on-hand for licences for that activity on the basis that the Minister had been regulating that activity in the water. There is a tension in the position, but to put it beyond doubt, the licensing arrangement will continue as it always has in respect of geo-physical and geo-technical surveying. It is a way of maintaining the regulatory system in one place for decision making and meeting Ireland's obligations under the various directives, etc. Applicants and developers alike have been part of that licensing system for many decades and that will continue.