Mr. Kieran Kehoe:

When the economic collapse happed in the late 2000s, I would have been heavily involved in developing much of the guidance around how unfinished estates were dealt with and the resolution of same. One of the anomalies – it is just the history – is that the taking in charge of estates is now done under the Roads Act, as we are all aware, and it is just about being declared a public road. We welcome the fact that this is now brought in to the primary planning legislation. It brings closure to the full circle of zoning the land appropriately, consent for the application being given by us or by the commission, the development happening, enforcing or not, and then being taken in charge. That cycle is important and we think it is completed under the Planning and Development Act. It will, of course necessitate further resources, going back to the previous comment. That need was not known at the time. There are a huge number of issues to be further examined, which we will be doing over the next while. We will consider how that will impact operationally and with regard to resources, including financial resources. In addition, there is the whole compensation piece, which similarly is welcomed, to be clarified with regard to taking in charge legacy estates that are not in the ownership of the local authority. We welcome the fact that we can now clear that anomaly up, if you want to call it that.