Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

According to subsection (7), "A failure by the Commission, in making a decision ... in relation to an application, to comply with a time period specified in this section shall not invalidate the decision." Then there is a reference to "Where the Minister considers it necessary or expedient that decisions under" the relevant section. It has to make the decision within a week. It states that here. It states that it "will" make that decision. Therefore, it must make the decision within a week.