Mr. Brendan Kenny:

The total process from start to finish. Once we get a contractor on site the works tends to go very well, even though one gets the odd hiccup. The public procurement process is very difficult and I do not see any way it will be changed. It is national policy and EU policy and it involves a significant amount of administration. The timescale is one thing but the administration involves the assessment of tenders, which come in in big boxes and it takes experts weeks to assess them. The planning process includes surveying the site and Part 8 planning. We are now doing emergency planning for most of our rapid-build schemes. Of course that reduces the democratic deficit but it takes six months off the process. In view of the crisis we think it is well worth doing that.