Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The threshold was set at ten, which we believe is an appropriate level. In fact, the Aarhus Convention allows a country to set a threshold and we are doing that. There are thresholds in other EU countries and at EU level that are higher. There is precedent for this. We are allowed to do it and we think it is a reasonable number and at an appropriate level.