Mr. Jim Gannon:

It is a fair challenge. It is something we have challenged ourselves on. We are resourcing up. We should have close to 150 staff by the end of this year and close to 194 at the end of next year. At the Department's request, we have sought to look again at our resourcing beyond the current sanction for 194 staff.

We believe that is necessary and it is therefore something we challenge ourselves on. This includes the efficiency of decision-making, as well as the length of and how many consultation stages we should go through with different decisions. In 2021, when that policy was brought in, we had a single very compressed consultation. I believe it was possibly only two to four weeks because of the urgency of that situation. It is therefore possible to adapt and be flexible when urgent situations come about and we continue to challenge ourselves on that.