Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am mindful that the clock has started ticking already. I will ask questions on two areas. One is about the judicial review and the IIP's submission in that regard. The second is about timelines, the adherence to timelines process and how best that might be executed.

I apologise if any of this has been asked previously. I was at the children's committee but I will play back the recording for the part of this meeting I have missed. The IIP talked about the sufficient interest test and ensuring there is greater clarity in the legislation with regard to what this test should be. It suggested something around 200 miles or whatever. Is there not a danger, however, in cases such as environmental NGOs, that there will be a particular expertise in a NGO in Cork, for example, although the development might be in Dublin, and, therefore, the sufficient interest test cannot be applied? When we get down to it, if we were to legislate for the devil of detail, we would perhaps end up creating a situation that is unworkable. How does the IIP see that working?