Mr. John McCarthy:

If the Deputy can get examples of that from the local authority, I certainly would be anxious to explore them. Equally, I have had a number of cases presented to me about issues stuck in the Department. In one case it was said something was stuck in the Department for six years but when I explored the issue I found an initial application came in six years beforehand but there was no money for it and the local authority was told that. There were other examples of contact and there were responses to local authorities within days about issues. I am not saying the system is perfect, as it is far from it, and we will continue to work to make it better. The local authorities will be required to work with us as part of that.