Mr. Bernard Nolan:

No. We just have not nailed it down. Having an 18-week target is only one element of ensuring that developments are considered properly and fully. A number of key enablers in respect of the national marine planning framework - the framework itself, the plan, the guidelines and the spatial platform - will help make stronger applications, and the stronger an application is the better and quicker it can go through the system. In addition, there will be early engagement of developers before they even come to the MAC stage with impacted stakeholders to make sure that issues arise early and can be identified and dealt with early rather than later in the process. Likewise, there will be a formal pre-application process with the board, where the developer engages with the board to determine precisely what should go into an application. There are responsibilities on the State and on developers in ensuring that a development is properly assessed in a timely manner.