Mr. Conor McCabe:

We are looking at a timeline for publication, depending on the committee's report and matters that have to be taken into account, of around January. The three key areas that have changed between the publication of general scheme which the Deputy is referring to and now are very recent changes. That was set out in a memo in October, which Deputy Ó Broin mentioned. It relates to the amalgamation of the planning interest stage with the maritime area consent stage. There is now a single maritime area consent. That brings it down to a two-stage process. The maritime area consent will be from the appropriate Minister and the planning permission will be from the appropriate planning authority, be it An Bord Pleanála or the local authority.