Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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I am not fully aware of what the issue is. I do not think the amendment is necessary because the people concerned have access to that general permit already. It is more a process issue or something like that. I am happy to tease this through with Deputies Nash and O'Reilly. That is no problem at all. I do not see the need for the amendment, but if we are missing something we will certainly try to tidy it up or capture it. Maybe we could have a chat about it first to see what is going wrong because I am not sure we are fully aware of the concerns raised. We will tease through the matter through with the Deputies if they so wish. Then, if the Bill needs to be amended, of course we will do that. However, it might be just an ongoing processing issue. I will not discuss the matter fully with the Deputies here but will discuss it with them-----