Ms Karla Piner:

I concur with that. I made a few calls. I have been proactive since 2019 and the quotations I mentioned in my opening statement were prices from 2020, five years ago. I rang a few architects last week and, like with Ms Cronin-Falvey, they were not interested if it is not worth more than €200,000. They are not interested in applications of this nature that are time-consuming and tedious. Therefore, even to get someone to apply by next May will be impossible. I applied for the correct planning permission in 2014 and 2015. I did everything by the book and then on 1 July 2019, when we were all up to our eyes at the busiest time of year, I did nothing. In January 2020 in the low season, I picked up the phone, started to have some meetings and make some calls. Then two and a half months later, we were all closed down due to Covid-19. Two years later we reopened and everything was up in the air. We did not know where we stood. Hence, I was not going to spend €10,000 to €15,000 on an application when we do not know where we stand.