Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

With respect, the response of the Minister of State seemed to relate to an amendment other than amendment No. 33a. This amendment deals specifically with the issue of the comparison with one or more other bogs. It does not address the definition of environmental criteria, although I have tabled further amendments which deal with the definition. This amendment relates to why the Minister of State is not engaging in a consideration of a bog using the factors he listed, rather than comparing it to another bog. I am asking why he is using a comparison rather than a consideration as the mechanism. I am trying to help the Minister of State because his reply seems to address a different amendment.