Mr. Bernard Nolan:

With regard to the Deputy's other question, the process is sequential. The MAC comes first and deals with the property terms and the issue of the fit and proper person, which relates to the question of whether a person has the financial and technical capabilities to do what they propose to do. This consent is essentially a gateway to planning. It is rather different from the consent process under the Foreshore Act 1933, which is much broader and more technically complex. This is meant to be a very tight and defined procedure which will deal with a number of limited areas with a target timeframe of 90 days, although I envisage that most applications will not take 90 days to process.