Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I just want to follow up on the questions relating to the Donegal quarries. We are at a bit of a disadvantage here because the report was only published earlier today. It runs to 61 pages and includes quite hefty appendices. All I have had time to study in depth is what has been published on www.gov.ie. It clearly states that following receipt of a notification from the NSAI of the withdrawal of certification in October of last year, the Minister requested the NBCMSO, in partnership with Donegal County Council and GSI to carry out a market surveillance audit of all quarries in County Donegal. Was that the brief or was it confined to relevant economic operators? How was that determined? The figures we are talking about here are far in excess of the 17 and the nine that are cited in the report.