Ms Eileen Quinlivan:

We have continued to work to wind down in an orderly fashion. A number of items that are outside the control of the authority need to be put in place in order to effect the dissolution. First, legislation is required. It is currently with the Government and will obviously have to go through the Oireachtas process. Second, in order to have an alternative fast-track planning system in place, the Government designated the North Lotts and the Grand Canal as a strategic development zone in December 2012. The city council was designated as the development agency in that case. A statutory procedure has to be followed to develop a planning scheme for this strategic development zone. That was approved by Dublin City Council on 5 November 2013. It is currently with An Bord Pleanála. Those two things need to be in place before the authority can be wound up.