Mr. Niall Cussen:

Looking at planning fees, resourcing and so on is not expressly stated but we have a general competency in looking at the overall operation of the planning service and advising the Minister, from time to time, as we see fit, as part of our independent functions. We have not focused on that initially because we had the development plan reviews, looked at An Bord Pleanála and at other functions. We provided training to elected members and had to create public awareness. We only started three years ago. Since there has been increasing clarity of how critical funding and resourcing is, we stand ready to assist with it or to undertake a review, taking account of the emerging priorities.