Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I will let the Chair in after I make one more point. All that could be implicit here. It is certainly not explicit. It is open to interpretation. Ultimately, if a planning authority refused permission for a licence based on that and it ended up in court there is a lot of ambiguity there. One could well have a case about whether those provisions are sufficient for a planning authority to refuse a licence based on poor performance previously. It is not explicit in the legislation.