Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

It has sped it up. Mr. Hayes gave statistics earlier. He stated we had 1,000 in the system at one stage and we are down to 24 or 25 now. It is important that we have an appeals system. People have a right to appeal but the previous system was being clogged up. As regards the waiting time, I said at the start of the Project Woodland process that the important issue is that people should know how long it will take to get a licence. That is far more important than whether we say we will do it in six months or eight months. It is important they know that if they apply, all things being equal they will get their licence within a fixed period, which we accurately identify.