Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Deputy to think about it this way. If one applies, one might get a ten-year permission. The environmental assessments, etc., that are done are generally for a long period of time, such as the ten-year period in that instance, so we are not looking to add on to the end. We are stopping the clock. It might be a difference between ten years and 11 years. If one is granted permission and one is not judicially reviewed, one is operating on a permission that is being carried out based on surveys that have been done prior to the application. It could be, even in those instances, an eight- or nine-year period, or a four or five-year period generally, which would be the norm because the basic permission is for five years. I understand the point the Deputy is making and I will reflect on it. It would not be one that I would see happening regularly anyway. As for how long it would add, it does not add; it suspends. As for the time period itself, if one is six months in judicial review, it is paused for six months. If one is 12 months in it, it is paused for 12 months. I am not sure how much data will change in that period of time.