Mr. Muiris Kennedy:

Absolutely. The producer group, as such, defines the geographic area or whatever. We spoke a lot about Waterford. I was involved with the famous Waterford blaa, which does have a protected geographical indication, PGI, designation. The curious thing about the Waterford blaa is that one of the bakers was actually located in Kilmacow, which is in south Kilkenny. However, we did manage to get the geographic area to include south Kilkenny, so Kilmacow is included as part of the geographic area for the Waterford blaa. To answer the Deputy's question, the geographic area is defined by the producer group, which in turn has to have it approved then by the national authority, which is the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland in Kilkenny. Then, it subsequently goes on to be approved finally with the European Union Intellectual Property Office in Alicante in Spain, which checks with the other 27 nations for any further objections.