Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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Annex I is for a designated area and people could not plant in that area last year or the year before. What is the question about that? That was there before. The EIA was there last year and the year before. All of these things that Mr. Dunne has rhymed off were there before. How could it be questioned again when people could not plant on it before this, or are they to go planting everywhere? People could not plant in the hen harrier areas and Ciaran O'Keeffe was doing stuff for the national parks. We are aware of all of those things. I am sorry for interrupting Senator Boyhan but there is a ream of stuff coming out here. A child would know this. It was the same story last year and the year before so it will be no different this year.