Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have reached my final question. A lot of this is going to come down to resourcing. Professor Crowe made very clear that the governance aspect of it is not his area of expertise but a lot of the science is. Data are being collected by various academic institutions, the Marine Institute etc. From what he knows is out there, even in the areas in which he is not an expert, but based on his read of the scientific field and the data, what level of resources are we going to need? I refer to Professor Crowe's optimistic reading of the Bill at the start. He said it is great because it will allow this, that and the other. However, there is a fair gap to go between the baseline of our data and where the professionals such as Professor Crowe working in those areas are today and where, ideally, we would like to be to have the most robust evidence base to underpin the designation process and the stakeholder engagement. Are there agencies or third parties such as universities that could do with additional resourcing? I will not ask him to put figures on it but who needs more for us to get to where we need to from the commencement of the legislation to the beginning of the stakeholder engagement?