Mr. Hugh Creegan:

There is a process that one has to go through, which is what the Chair is referring to there. All projects that the State is funding across the country have to go through that process. I cannot imagine that this process will not exist. I am making an assumption here but I cannot imagine that it would get waived. It would be very odd if one part of the country had a set of tests to pass before a project could be approved but another part did not. Assuming that the same kind of procedures still exist, I do not think the speed of decision-making would change with a directly elected mayor.