Tom Neville (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Scannell said that the dispute resolution mechanism has been triggered and I understand that the two sides have been engaged in efforts so that mechanism was written in when this came about. Mr. Scannell says that this plan was extended on numerous occasions. I am an ex-emigrant - I was out of the country from 2010 to 2013 - and I was well aware of this when I was in Australia, when there would have been much talk about it among the diaspora to kick-start the economy and get investment in. There was a mechanism in place if there was a dispute or conflict and there was an extension given. Am I correct in assuming that there was a process written in for how an extension would be granted or was there a review at the time which resulted in that extension? If so, was there a review mechanism with a timeline written into it, rather than what is being highlighted here, namely, carrying out a review at the last minute?