Mr. Dave Walsh:

Going back to the Deputy's original point, he mentioned the fact that potentially there were three persons sitting on a board considering a very important case. First, we regard every case that comes before us as important because there are individuals affected by it, but there is a scale of cases. One might have an extension to a house, a single house, a large road or water services infrastructure. We have to marry and adjudicate on a huge range and spread of cases. If we were to have the full board deal with every case that comes through, it would have an impact on the timelines. The committee saw what happened two years ago when our ability to deliver within 18 weeks was severely challenged. It is a judgment call. For large-scale and infrastructure cases, we have a strategic infrastructure division which I chair and has five board members. They deal with most of the larger cases and anything I bring to a ten-person board. The EIA, AA and flood risk assessment are all issues on which we comply fully and of which we are cognisant in making decisions.