Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will carry on because I have a question that I was going to cover and I think Deputy Fitzmaurice was just starting into it. It is on the mechanics of the thing and how it works. From the acceptance of an EPA report to sending it straight out to Europe, is it ever queried? Is there any mechanism for querying the maps, technology or the outcome of the results? A point has been made about the report numerous times this evening. There is an old rule in our game of politics that if you are under pressure at a meeting and you baffle them with BS and keep talking, they will not be able to argue with you by the time the night is out. That report is a prime example of that. You can read it and read it and you are still no wiser. Is it every queried or is it just taken as a given because the EPA did it? In sports, you hear about the B sample. If there is a problem with the first test or first lab, a B sample will be done in an independent or second lab. We just seem to accept this. I am not accusing the EPA of anything here; I am just asking the question. Do we just take this verbatim and take a report that people, who are very knowledgeable in the field and well read-up on it, have openly said this evening they have read but cannot understand?