Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Obviously, if there is a five-year permission, it will be known from within the context of that permission. The local authority will have an idea of how long, typically, it will take to build what is provided for under the permission and the yield over the years. Therefore, the meaning of this text will really come down to looking at the scale of the planning permissions and how long it would take the local authority to build the units. Another aspect, and I do not think we have come to this yet, is the extension of time.