Dr. Cecil Beamish:

There are many areas in the State where the entity granting the licence or giving consent is also responsible for enforcement. Deputy Kenny talked about agriculture earlier, and we are part of that bigger Department.

There are many examples where the Department sets the terms of schemes and various other things but it is also the enforcing body, which is not a unique or unusual scenario. The industry is very small and there are limits. All of what I talked about earlier - the data collection, mapping and appropriate assessments - was carried on the public purse. If it was a different type of development then the developer would have to carry out an environmental impact statement and so on. There are limits to the amount of bureaucracy. My division is relatively small and it is one of many in the Department that deals with this matter. My division is focused on dealing with the backlog first and foremost, which is what industry wants.