Mr. Peter Walsh:

In fairness, to go from a preferred route to a fully-designed project and fully-developed CPO by July of 2017 was a very good level of progress. That was a quick turnaround by Cork County Council. I would not suggest that could have been done any more quickly. That is a very complicated scheme. You were going through many properties and there was an awful lot of detail to be worked out. I think the council performed very well there. It would compare with any of the projects. I should point out there was never any fault found with the project. It is not as if the challenges resulted in any changes. However, the decision by An Bord Pleanála in 2018 to approve the project went through a process of challenge that took until March 2021, so no progress could be made during that period.