Mr. Keith Walsh:

I think that would require more change of primary legislation and that would take time to do. Local authorities are not as quick as people might like, but we believe the local authority route is the quickest, most efficient way to do this at the moment. To encourage local authorities to make those decisions in a prompt manner, the Department will be providing funding to support those changes, but that funding will be linked to it being implemented in a co-ordinated way and within certain time frames.