Mark Dearey (Green Party)

That is where the Senator is coming from. This is all about hunting. It has been a seriously difficult decision to arrive at and to receive any level of support for what is being proposed, but it is the most cost-effective option before us. I have yet to hear an option being given by Fine Gael that would be less costly, although I would look forward to hearing it.

I am seeking a debate on planning and how it fed the monster before us. If the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, had not withdrawn the development plan for County Monaghan - a plan on which the cheerleading was led by Fine Gael councillors - it would have gone through.