These Houses have failed over the years to tackle this injustice. It is easy to blame the then Minister, Deputy Michael D. Higgins, for implementing the directive but we are talking about simple issues like denying someone the right to cut turf in the bogs, which is an annual event for many people. The then Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, Deputy de Valera, had to take the brunt of the criticism but unfortunately she did not take it upon herself to rectify the problem other than by obtaining a derogation for ten years, the end of which is fast approaching.