Ms Deirdre Scully:

I agree with my colleague. Planning processes, and the roll-out of the development plan as things move forward into planning permissions, need to be given a bit of time. We also need to recognise that a two-year period, if there are particular economic challenges, can give a skewed version of what the implementation is. Having a slightly longer horizon, with the ups and downs of a modern economy in those, will give better clarity as to how, overall and in the round, the legislation is impacting.