Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----by the time the final decision is being made on 2025 we could be looking at water quality that is two years old and all the measures taken in between will not be taken into consideration. The Department puts in its application and it takes a year for it to be deliberated on. When the final decision is made in Europe, it could still be looking at EPA water quality reports that are practically two years old and all the actions taken by everybody in between cannot and possibly will not be taken into consideration, though they are working.