Ms Kathleen Holohan:

I apologise, I cannot read my own writing. It is a little early to do comparisons. Reducing the refusal rate was one of the motivations in Cork city, but the council has seen greater benefits than that. It had refusal rates of between 35% and 60% and these rates have fallen to between 5% and 20% which is very significant. Ms Keenan will have seen similar changes.