Mr. John O'Sullivan:

Yes, it was 12 months from the date of signing the contract. In fairness, I should indicate the entire project took two years. There was six months in-house preparation in terms of specifying the requirements. The procurement process also took six months. From beginning to end it was two years, but it was certainly one year from the time the contract was put in place.

We cannot get away from the fact that a number of the statutory steps set out have timelines associated with them in the legislation. Obviously, due process for ratepayers is a fundamental part of this. Therefore, the briefing material I have provided includes a diagram in appendix 2, which is in annex 11A of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. A number of individual steps must be followed sequentially, with a time element associated with each of them. This is in line generally with the revaluation timelines in other jurisdictions. It takes that amount of time. Obviously, we are trying to shorten the steps all the time and accelerate the programme.

As I mentioned in my opening remarks, the 2015 Act has been a game changer as far as we are concerned. It has given us the wherewithal to accelerate the programme and deploy innovative and new means of accelerating it. We have an end date in mind, which is to finish the programme by 2021. The programme will be repeated on a cyclical basis every five to ten years so we never get into the situation again where we have long periods of time between revaluations.