Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein)

I understand that. The witnesses were talking about multi-annual planning so that we can see far ahead. Local authorities, for example, want to know how much money they will be getting when they are planning things like ring roads, bridges and so on. That is really important. The construction industry has its job to do. Our job is to make sure not just that we have infrastructure for FDI but also that we are building the homes, the hospitals, bridges, roads and so on. FDI and economic competitiveness cannot be the only lens through which we view our national infrastructure.

There is an awful lot of talk about judicial reviews and the delays caused by them. Last week I saw an item on the greater Dublin drainage scheme which suggested that it had been delayed by judicial reviews but that was not actually the case. Judicial reviews had only delayed it by six months while the planning process and the rigmarole involved in meetings of An Bord Pleanála, now An Coimisiún Pleanála, and the different local authorities had taken something like 16 years. They tried to blame it on judicial reviews. Do the witnesses believe that An Coimisiún Pleanála and the Courts Service need more staff to deal with judicial reviews more efficiently, for example?