Mr. Colm Hayes:

The targets have been set for us via the Forestry Act. I think that there is a commitment in the farmers' charter as well of a target of four months for felling licences and three months for afforestation licences. We do not claim to meet those targets and I touched on that already with Deputy Fitzmaurice. The Mackinnon report recommends the drafting of a new customer charter. A charter would be timely, set targets and review them again but we are not meeting them. There will be some people who will get their licences in less than three or four months if it is a straightforward licence but there will be people who will have to wait longer. Obviously it is the question of the people who must wait longer that troubles us the most.