Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have one last question. Why are we giving the board an opt-out from meeting its statutory timeline if it feels it cannot meet it? What is the rationale for that? We expect the local authorities who make the principal assessment of the application, which is much more onerous in my view, to meet their timeline. Why is the board, under head 9, subsection 3, getting that slight flexibility if it does not feel it can meet the timeline? Am I misunderstanding it? I see Ms Gallagher is shaking her head.