Mr. David Moloney:

The planning issue has been discussed and looked at. Obviously, the planning issue is subject to national and European law. We would hope that, as we look at all of our approvals processes, that we constantly look at them with a view to foreshortening them and making them more efficient and more effective. We are concerned about delivery. We have very ambitious delivery targets within the NDP. As we discussed earlier, we are behind profile in capital spending at the moment, although we are ahead year on year. That is a concern for us. At every stage, we are trying to look at our decisions and approvals process with a view to speeding that up and making it better.

We would have to say that we do not accept that the application of value for money rules and the public spending code is, of necessity, a delay in that regard. It does not have to be. It just needs to be incorporated into the planning at an early stage. We believe it can assist in the delivery of projects.