Mr. Bill Callanan:

The reality here is it is important that there be political engagement. All levels of political engagement are happening in relation to engagement with the Commission and its officials, including the invitation to Commissioner Roswall to come to see for herself the circumstances in Ireland. As the Senator knows, Commissioner Hansen was also over here last year. Last week, and also last year, officials engaged with all the stakeholders. We had a very positive engagement at that time.

Let us call a spade a spade, however. To facilitate that political engagement, we must also comply with the required directives. That means the water framework and habitats directives. There is an ask of us in terms of providing assurances, which is something we have conveyed to stakeholders, around compliance with the habitats directive that effectively enables that political engagement, too.