People are now entitled to obtain specific information relating to the environment, a facility that was not available until recently. Information may be obtained on such matters as the state of soils, the atmosphere, ground water, environmental auditing associated with the enforcement of planning conditions, licences for water and for waste, air, flora and fauna and radiological monitoring. None of the positive aspects involved in the freedom for information on the environment has been brought out. It is essential that the public have an opportunity to avail for the first time of the right to the information to which I have referred.