Mr. Eddie Taaffe:

We are constantly examining schemes that could go into the single-stage process. We are pushing local authorities to use it. As Mr. Curran said, one of the issues is that, particularly with the cost increases, the budget is fixed early and, if there are cost increases later, the question is how they are dealt with. It is a single-stage process with a fixed budget from the outset, whereas, with the four-stage process, at each of those stages the budget is reassessed. We want to strike that balance between certainty and flexibility but we are pushing local authorities as much as possible-----