Pauline O'Reilly (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Who is to decide what the animal welfare grounds are? That is the tricky part. Any abstraction over 10 cu. m should be registered so that we know what it is. Part of this is a fact-finding mission and at times when there is an issue with water levels, it enables us to get back to everybody on the register. I do not see anything here that would interfere with animal health and welfare at all. In fact, it would have the opposite effect and allow us to manage our water better. I again note that the recommendation from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, which Senator Boyhan mentioned, is for that lower level of registration for water abstraction.