It is my belief, expressed in both Houses of the Oireachtas in the past, that there is an over-zealous attempt to implement all the EU directives and regulations that have come in over the years. There is a lack of equality in the way they are interpreted in the various countries, by various Government Departments and by the civil servants in those Departments who have tunnel vision in terms of how things must be done, with very serious consequences. In no place has there been such crude and severe implementation as in the special areas of conservation directive for whose imposition we principally blame Dúchas, perhaps incorrectly because Dúchas is blamed for many things. Its implementation under legislation introduced by Ministers and Governments over the years seems cruel. I remember Mr. McCartin being a member of the European affairs committee when a senior executive came before it and said that these directives were never intended to deny people in any way the opportunity of making a reasonable and honest living within their environment. Tragically, the application of some of these directives, or aspects of them, has been over-zealous in Ireland and has curtailed the capacity of people to continue to make a decent living in areas with very few natural resources.