Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Just to add to that, the Department obviously had the discussions. Gas Networks Ireland came back with the 1.5 m limit. The Department and the officials reviewed it and effectively looked for the 5 m limit. Therefore, it is a request of the Department to Gas Networks Ireland. It is just under three times above what Gas Networks Ireland was providing. It was very much a view of the Department in terms of safety measures that it looked for a much higher limit, which Gas Networks Ireland has agreed to provide. It will be in the regulation. The limit is from the curtilage, that is, the outside wall of the house as distinct from the front door.