Mr. Colin Ryan:

I thank Mr. Hogan. The Senator raised a very important point on ICT infrastructure and the issue that was raised earlier on as to its streamlining and processes internally within local authorities. We are working very closely with the Local Government Management Agency and the CCMA to roll out, from a local authority point of view across the 31 local authorities, a new planning system that is currently in development at present. It is at an advanced stage and we should be trying to test that in the coming while with a view to rolling it out next year.