Dr. Kevin Smyth:

I take the point made by the committee on the need for joined-up Government and to do things right. The Department in which I work is taking a flexible an approach as we can using force majeure. I assure the committee I will write to my counterpart in the NPWS to express the concerns of the committee. I will tell the NPWS the approach we are taking and ask it to adopt a similar approach. Is this fair enough?