Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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Yes. Before I bring in someone else, I have just gone through the 2019 petition, which Mr. Forde Kelly probably submitted. It states that this situation was brought to the attention of Waterways Ireland, Westmeath County Council and the National Parks and Wildlife Service. It did not involve the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage at that stage but a different Department. For all the Departments that have been identified and all these large commercial developments that have been built within a short distance of each other, it seems that planning and the ownership of the property has just been ignored in all cases, as have all the Irish and European environmental laws. Will Mr. O'Sullivan or Mr. Barrett shed any light on that? Have all these bodies and laws been ignored, in their opinion?