Mr. John Pollock:

At the time of the previous project, the executive for the development was maybe 1.5 people and, therefore, the project services team, which comprises private companies, basically ran the project and they were hit with one major change in the project. The strategic infrastructures legislation was not in place at the time and then they lodged the application for the Mater. The proposal was to go to DCC and the council was supportive of the planning application, including the 16-storey development. The team would have relied on the local area plan, which referred to buildings of 12 storeys and, as Mr. Costello said, possibly more for buildings of significant architecture. DCC was supportive of the application but it never went to the council because the Government changed the legislation and brought in the strategic infrastructures legislation and, therefore, rather than going to a local authority with major health care projects and potentially an appeal to An Bord Pleanála, it was decided to go straight to An Bord Pleanála.