Ms Mary Jones:

Deputy Higgins also asked about timelines. There will be mandatory timelines for all consenting processes.

There is already provision for that in the current Act, with eight weeks specified for local authorities. We will bring in timelines for the board for the various consenting processes. We envisage a range of timelines, from the standard appeal to the more complex infrastructure-type cases. We are working with the board on what the appropriate timelines will be. We will be back before the committee in March, when we intend to have an update for members.