I am glad the Minister referred to retention permission because I fundamentally agree with him on this issue. The retention provision is significantly abused. When the Minister's predecessor, Deputy Dempsey, introduced the original Act, he spoke of his determination to stamp out applications for permission to retain. The Minister has stated that when illegal unauthorised development takes place, the local authority should intervene. However, in many cases the building has been completed, occupied and, perhaps, used as a commercial premises before the application for retention is submitted.