Mr. Garrett Blaney:

Obviously, we have different functions in terms of issuing different licences. There are generation licences and supply licences. Mayo Renewable Power is a specific case. There is a European directive on high efficiency CHP and our role is specific under that. We must refer to the European legislation and demonstrate that it is definitely a useful heat. Useful heat is a key part of the high efficiency. Once it gets that useful heat certification, it can get specific support under the renewable support mechanisms. There is a much higher amount of money available if one is high efficiency as opposed to low efficiency or normal efficiency. This is genuinely quite a complicated area. It is complicated legislation in terms of interpretation. There is a great deal of thermodynamics in the process. We must assess whether, in the absence of the project, that is, the high efficiency CHP, this heat use would still have been done. That is the test for us to try to assess it. It took us quite a long time originally. The project itself has questions about the specifics of biomass fuel. The useful heat in this case is drying fuel, so we must ensure that we are confident that it is properly dried and has a proper use. It has taken longer than we would like. It took us a long time the first time, and we are trying to work our way through a number of legal aspects. We have engaged in quite an amount of activity on it. It has been a priority for the organisation. I have talked to the county manager on numerous occasions. It is an issue for the county manager and the county as well. We will continue to examine it but there is nothing more I can say. It is still under consideration at present.