John Clendennen (Offaly, Fine Gael)

I think there is a cultural change in relation to the progression of projects. For some of the exemptions that the Office of the Planning Regulator is coming forward with to try to speed up the development of heritage developments, or whatever the case may be, I feel these exemptions are getting caught up at a local level in subjective reviews. Maybe the guidelines are not detailed enough. We need to figure out how to ensure we are mitigating that to a greater extent. That would be a point to note.

I will go back to the timelines. Mr. Mullan mentioned the 48 weeks and said that it will be similar for our neighbours. What is best practice in Europe? If 48 weeks is what our neighbours are at, what is best practice regarding turnaround?