The application of IPPC licensing to the intensive agricultural sector was raised in this House. Some changes were made in the Dáil on foot of these discussions, namely, in amendments Nos. 12, 14, 58 and 59. The key points are that the threshold at which licensing becomes mandatory for pig breeding units has moved for sows from 650 places to 750 places and in relation to integrated units licensing will occur at 285 places rather than 275 places as originally proposed. It has also been made mandatory, rather than discretionary, for the EPA to operate the special concession in the directive which allows practical considerations to be taken into account in the licensing of intensive agriculture. It has been clarified that the EPA may require information in relation to lands proposed to be used for land-spreading of slurry.