Mr. Tony Smyth:

It would be difficult, as there is other constricting legislation. One cannot just remove silt. We must comply with the body of environmental legislation that has been put in place by the Oireachtas and the EU. Being given powers over one aspect means that we would need to comply with the other Acts of the Oireachtas. A process would then need to be put in place to comply with the various constraints, for example, public expenditure, environmental law and procurement law.