Mr. Joe McGrath:

As the Chair will appreciate, there are a number of parties involved. That is why I am not in a position to do other than assure the committee that we and the Department will continue to deal with this issue in as urgent a manner as possible. It might be useful if, early in the new year - perhaps January or February - I could submit to the secretariat an update or progress report. I would be quite happy to do that if it would be useful to the committee to outline where the matter stands at that point and in order that members have some line of sight on it.

On the other issues, we are trying to get to a point where we can take this estate in charge. We have outlined a proposal involving a possible mechanism that might make that happen. There is no lack of willingness on the part of any of the parties involved to do that and to progress matters.

I again acknowledge Mr. Coskeran's patience in this process. We need to bear with it. There are many DPIs in Tipperary, but this is the one I am dealing with. That is, perhaps, an indication of the prioritisation that I am attaching to it. There is no lack of willingness or intent on our part to try to see this through, and we are prepared to do that.