Ms Oonagh Buckley:

The terms of reference are available. I have copies of them for members of the committee. In essence, it not so much a question of how far she is going to go. We have asked her to cover the same ground as was the subject of the internal paper-based exercise. As to the order of magnitude, it involves more than 300 particular planning files along with other documentation, metafiles and so on so it is quite an expansive area. Rather optimistically, I asked Ms Lynch whether she could complete it in eight weeks. We are already well past that timeframe. However, with the interviews now starting, I hope the process will continue apace from now on.