Mr. Dave Walsh:

That came from the 2016 An Bord Pleanála review. Only in the past month we received a report on our own review of our oral hearing processes in terms of how they are organised, who attends and also trying to identify savings and efficiencies that we can bring to the system. Some of our oral hearings have gone on for a number of weeks, particularly for more complex projects. Again, if we have as much information available to all of the applicants as early as possible, it allows us to get to the nub of the issues quickly. Not all oral hearings are held in hotels. Obviously, any that take place in or around Dublin would be held in our offices, free of charge. A lot depends on the type of project or proposal. We also deal with local authority projects, road CPOs and so on and if the oral hearing is being held in the local authority offices, there might be a perception-----