Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

For absolute clarity, one can go past the seven years and that is very important for those two particular measures and it is very important that that is set down in primary legislation. This is a very serious issue, unquestionably. All of us are aware of cases, particularly on illegal quarrying and peat extraction. I am more than content that within the Bill, as is presented, that it would and does provide for that under the enforcement notice, which will detail what the remediation or restitution work that is required is and which will be issued by the planning authority in the first instance, and second by the commission. What it will do and what I have committed to do on foot of the discussions here, is to get an absolute clarification on that. If we need to tighten that up, post the receipt of that note of clarification, with regard to section 130(8), we will do that.