Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

It called for a system of registration and exempted County Cavan from the legislation. Many members of the Government seem to be completely ignorant of the facts because they say it all goes back to 1975. In the court case in Europe the Cavan situation was one of the defences put forward by the Government along with planning permission and general environmental regulation. Many arguments were put forward and one of them was successful, namely, the Cavan precedent.