Mr. Kenny Jacobs:

I am hopeful, but I am a glass half-full person, that we can get the €40 million application approved within two years. I hope that is a realistic timeframe but I am not an expert on planning. On the other methods he spoke about, there are views out there that you can have a ministerial directive and there can be litigation, but that is for other people. We are focused on planning. Planning is the law. I only see the cap being lifted by planning, that is, the €40 million infrastructure application being granted.

We may consider an operational application. We may build nothing but submit an application to Fingal County Council to have greater operational flexibility and be able to operate to a number beyond 32 million with the cap being lifted without building anything. We are solely focused on planning being the only route for DAA to have the cap lifted. We are not looking at the other routes and I hope planning can work within two years.