Mr. Philip Maguire:

It is not being held in that the SDZ is done by Dublin City Council quite independently, separate from the board. The DDDA has no function in regard to the SDZ. What is happening is that the Bill will do two things, and the Senator is correct in that respect. First, as it says on the lid, it will wind up the DDDA. Second, it will establish the final pieces of the SDZ for Dublin City Council. It is a matter for Government and for the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, which will appear before the committee to deal with the legislation. We processed the SDZ in as tight a frame as was possible and An Bord Pleanála responded and held its oral hearing in March. It was seven days of an oral hearing and all the people here got a chance to go in and say what they had to say to the inspector. Our understanding is that he has completed his report and submitted it to the board. It is now a matter for the board and consequently I will say no more about the SDZ because it is sub judice. The processing of the legislation is a matter for Government and for the Oireachtas to proceed with. We have gone through the detail of the legislation on a number of occasions and it covers all the bases as far as we are concerned. We would be happy to see it enacted as quickly as possible.