Mr. Noel Cunniffe:

We have five phase 1 projects that we are trying to deliver by 2030. All five are in planning. There are actually six in planning. The project which was cancelled off the west coast is still in planning. Three of those projects received further information requests from An Coimisiún Pleanála earlier this year. They were substantial further information requests and were really robust. Many of the things that they point to are the need for further engagement with a number of State agencies which were simply not resourced enough to be able to engage with the projects before they went into planning. We have already seen some of the benefits of new resources that have gone into An Coimisiún Pleanála. We are seeing faster turnaround times for energy infrastructure and wind projects. We now need to see the same level of resourcing going into other State entities, like the National Parks and Wildlife Service and a number of agencies under the Department of Transport, in order to manage these projects and get them through quickly.