Mr. Richard Cronin:

There is a participation ladder for these things. A sign in the post office window is the lowest rung in the ladder and one is just going to ignore it instead. Ownership of the process is at the very top. Our objective is to travel quite a way up that ladder and we believe that is the right way to do it. We are aware of the different capacities both in terms of the organisational size and how they engage. In all the work we have done we have been mindful of doing that. We are all experts on this side of the table but we are conscious that the people with whom we are engaging with are not. The only way we are going to be successful is being mindful that we are doing this in a collaborative way. This is really a reflection of the fact that unless this is designed for everybody, by everybody, then it will remain a scientific exercise that will not improve the health of the environment and will not change people's attitudes towards it. The Deputy and the Department share the same position going forward with that.

We have also engaged with other Government Departments, such as the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and the Department of Rural and Community Development, on how best to do that. We believe that public participation networks will be a useful template to tap into. The second question was on monitoring.