Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the Chair's indulgence. I appreciate we are into a new consultation period with regard to the licensing issue and I would add the same caveat to that, which is that it is absolutely sacrosanct that NARGC is included in that process and that any contributions it makes are given the same weighting as any other organisation. There certainly is a view out there in the game council community that their voice has not been heard heretofore so in terms of the NPWS's assurances to date I am taking them at face value. It is something we will return to if we feel that commitment is not being followed through on.