Ms Attracta U? Bhroin:

I might turn to my colleague, Ms Duvall, also to respond on this. In general, we understand the rationale for the ten-year plan. However, fundamentally, we share concerns that have been expressed to this committee about the time needed to prepare. More time is needed. We reflect similar concerns to the RIAI in terms of having proper information to inform the process. In the past 12 months, we have all seen extraordinary changes that none of us could have contemplated in terms of the invasion in Ukraine, the energy crisis and the cost-of-living crisis, which have huge implications. What is key to a land-use plan, like county development plans, is monitoring and it is something we do not do well. If we are planning on a long-term horizon, we need to be evaluating and monitoring the expectations and assumptions that we had and feeding that back into the process. We think there is merit in it, but there are also some downsides, which I think we will come to when we are talking about the different triggers from central government etc.