Pauline O'Reilly (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

My amendment was one of those ruled out of order. The Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, explained his position. However, it is a position that I would not agree with. As a result, my request was that the Minister of State and the officials take a look at this level and see if 25 cu. m is too high, given that 10 cu. m is the level that is used in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, which would have similar topography. We clearly have an issue with abstractions so my request was for the Minister of State to see if something could be done on Report Stage by the Government. I was asked by the chair of the Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Matthews, to raise this issue. I know he will bring it up at that committee and on Committee Stage in the Dáil as well. I wanted to make sure that was put on the record. To be fair, the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, came back in, but it was not exactly what we wanted to hear, and that is the point.