We should remember that we in Ireland have had integrated pollution control licensing since 1994. We are ahead of most, if not all, EU member states in this area and we should remind ourselves of that. This subsection does not refer to the licensing of activities which are not already covered by the IPC regime but the date by which the existing integrated pollution control licences in Ireland are examined to ensure they are fully compliant with the IPPC directive. I do not doubt many of those will be found to be already fully compliant. We are well ahead of the game and it is neither necessary nor desirable to go further ahead at this stage. Shortening the period as proposed could potentially divert attention and resources from bringing activities into the licensing system which are not already licensed but which must be licensed under the directive. Those are the ones we need to get in place and that is likely to be the greater priority in the interests of environmental protection.