Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The one where there is an absence of alternative solutions is clear enough. Then there is the one on imperative reasons. The reason I am asking is I am trying to think of a real life case. I am thinking of offshore wind as an example. If the relevant plan is to facilitate offshore wind projects, then it will have beneficial consequences of primary importance to the environment because it will help to increase our renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions so it meets that. However, in a sense there is a trade off then because if the damage we are talking about arising from the appropriate assessment is damage to marine biodiversity then there is a challenge because the plan has both beneficial consequences of primary importance to the environment but also, according to the assessment, negative consequences. I am trying to get a sense of how those kinds of situations would be dealt with because if I am right, the imperative reasons of overriding public interest do not include anything to do with the economy. They are much narrower than that.