Mr. Peter Mullan:

I alluded to a number of things in my opening statement in relation to the matter. A number of these applications arrived in - BusConnects would be a good example - during 2022 and 2023 when we were at a three-year caseload. When those cases arrive into an organisation that has gone through an existential crisis in 2022, that does not have the resources or staffing it requires, and that does not have the requisite number of board members to make decisions, then essentially all of those concurrent problems lead to the difficulty that those major projects are delayed.

I will just make one final point because the Deputy will be interested in this point. We are making a commitment that, if infrastructure projects are lodged in 2025, they will meet their timeline in 80% of the cases by year end. That is the commitment we are making. If they were to be lodged today most of those cases would get through the organisation within the 48 week period.

I have one more final point-----