Mr. Barry Delany:

There are 593 files on hand covering a total of 2,402 ha.

Some 189 approvals have issued for that, totalling 620. That still leaves us with just over 300 on hand. There are 160 with ecology and, two weeks ago, I allocated additional ecology resources to get through those as quickly as possible. In addition, a number of files are tied up in the dual consent issue in regard to the planning permission piece where we are moving from broadleaf to conifers. We have had very positive engagement with our colleagues in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and I have sent across draft suggestions for amending the statutory instrument to facilitate that. We will update members as soon as that comes to hand.